Baby Face Nelson (1957 film)

Baby Face Nelson
Theater release lobby card
Directed byDon Siegel
Written byRobert Adler
Screenplay byIrving Shulman
Daniel Mainwaring
Based onstory by Irving Shulman
Produced byAl Zimbalist
Starring
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byLeon Barsha
Music byVan Alexander
Production
company
Fryman Enterprises
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 11, 1957 (1957-12-11)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000[1]
Box office$1.25 million (US rentals)[2]

Baby Face Nelson is a 1957 American film noir crime film based on the real-life 1930s gangster, directed by Don Siegel, co-written by Daniel Mainwaring—who also wrote the screenplay for Siegel's 1956 sci-fi thriller Invasion of the Body Snatchers—and starring Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo Gordon as Dillinger, Anthony Caruso, Jack Elam, John Hoyt and Elisha Cook Jr.

  1. ^ Hopper, H. (Feb 16, 1958). "Rooney, back on top again, has big plans". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167224617.
  2. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, January 8, 1958, p. 30