External links
- Baby Face Nelson at IMDb
- Trailer at YouTube
- Baby Face Nelson at Letterbox DVD
| Baby Face Nelson | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Scott Levy |
| Written by | Rob Kerchner Joseph Farruggia Craig J. Nevius |
| Produced by | Mike Elliott executive Roger Corman |
| Starring | C. Thomas Howell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Horizons (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Baby Face Nelson is a 1995 American film about the gangster Baby Face Nelson.
Roger Corman was an executive producer and Mike Elliot was producer. They made a similar gangster film around the same time Dillinger and Capone . That featured F. Murray Abraham as Al Capone and Abraham played that role in this film. [1] [2]
The Los Angeles Times said C. Thomas Howell's performance as Nelson "was about as frightening as Count Chocula." [3]
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