Baby Face Nelson (1957) Mickey Rooney



George “Babyface” Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger

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24 Replies to “Baby Face Nelson (1957) Mickey Rooney”

  1. A decent flick. Van Alexanders' score seems to have influenced Henry Mancini's work in Peter Gunn. Mickey Rooney does his take on James Cagney style .

  2. Rooney was totally miscast in this movie. The dialogue speed between the actors was staggered and awkward, as was expression. Quiet simply an awful film. gd. UK

  3. Mickey Rooney playing this character is laughable. I wouldn't watch it except for seeing Leo Gordon and Jack Elam in it. But Rooney!? 'Tis to laugh at.

  4. Cool Chicago crime-noir of the '50's with Mickey, who was born to the cinema biz. If he stopped moving long enough in this flick, the broad-shoulder mugs might of set a bottle of beer on his skimmer. Baby Face was quite a psychopathic 'typist' back in the day though.

  5. It's occurred to me over the years, that Mickey Rooney made it his life's ambition to distance himself from all of the "Andy Hardy" and "Judy Garland" films he made when he was much younger. In the 50s and 60s etc. he seemed to always be playing the proverbial "tough guy" , all 5 ft. of him. He in my opinion , seemed to be obsessed with putting as much distance as possible from his early films. Tremendous difference between his early and later films……..

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