Plot
Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Wallace panics after he thinks he has committed manslaughter while fighting with a group of teenage hoodlums. Wallace then takes a random man and woman, and the woman's infant, hostage inside a food shelter outside a popular local restaurant, and threatens them if they try to escape. This leads to a stand-off with a police force led by the sympathetic detective, Lieutenant Porter, who tries to avoid bloodshed. Meanwhile, an eager crowd of onlookers and a news reporter gather outside to see what will happen next.Production
Corman later claimed that ''The Cry Baby Killer'' was the first film that he produced that did not return a profit, although he said that it earned back its from television rights. Corman also said that he had been abroad during preproduction while much of the script was changed by the producer. Corman returned to Hollywood two days before filming began and tried to reverse the changes, but was only partially successful.Ed. J. Philip di Franco, ''The Movie World of Roger Corman'', Chelsea House Publishers, 1979, page 16–17.Cast
*Harry Lauter as Police Lt. Porter *Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Wallace *Carolyn Mitchell as Carole Fields *Brett Halsey as Manny Cole *Lynn Cartwright as Julie *Barbara Knudson as Mrs. Maxton *William A. Forester as Carl Maxton *John Shay as Police Officer Gannon *Ralph Reed as Joey *Bill Erwin as Mr. Wallace *Ed Nelson as Rick Connor *Smoki Whitfield as Sam *John Weed as Police Sgt. Reed *Frank Richards (actor), Frank Richards as Pete GambelliSee also
* List of American films of 1958References
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* * * * * 1958 films American black-and-white films 1950s crime thriller films 1950s English-language films American independent films American crime thriller films Films scored by Gerald Fried Films about juvenile delinquency Allied Artists films 1950s independent films Teensploitation Films produced by Roger Corman 1950s American films 1958 directorial debut films {{crime-thriller-film-stub