{"id":10751,"date":"2010-02-27T17:51:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T00:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10751"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:33:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:33:38","slug":"mad-dog-coll-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10751","title":{"rendered":"Mad Dog Coll (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Whoever shot and murdered these little kids is a human animal &#8212; he&#8217;s worse than an animal, he&#8217;s a beast; he&#8217;s a mad dog!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster-661x1024.png 661w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Coll-Poster.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nPsychopathic gangster Mad Dog Coll (John Chandler) vies for dominance over rival Dutch Schultz (Vincent Gardenia) while romancing an exotic dancer (Kay Doubleday).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Rise-and-Fall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter the success of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10802\"><em>Murder, Inc.<\/em> (1960)<\/a> (which he co-directed with Stuart Rosenberg), Burt Balaban helmed this similarly themed Depression-era biopic about sociopathic mobster <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mad_Dog_Coll\">&#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Coll<\/a> (Chandler), who was infamously gunned down in a Manhattan phone booth in 1932. The film provides cursory glimpses into Coll&#8217;s troubled childhood, but mostly focuses on his quick rise to fame and rapid descent into death (he was killed at the age of 23). The storyline &#8212; primarily focusing on Coll&#8217;s rivalry with Dutch Schultz, and his wooing of an exotic dancer &#8212; isn&#8217;t all that distinctive; and while Chandler is effective at portraying Coll&#8217;s sociopathic tendencies, he doesn&#8217;t offer much depth or insight into the character. What&#8217;s most notable are the fine supporting performances throughout, including Jerry Orbach as Coll&#8217;s loyal but increasingly ambivalent childhood friend, Vincent Gardenia as Coll&#8217;s arch-enemy Schultz, Telly Savalas (in his feature film debut) as a police lieutenant, and Kay Doubleday as Coll&#8217;s girlfriend (whose love of the finer things in life blinds her to Coll&#8217;s violent tendencies). <\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1996murd.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> notes in his review of <em>Murder, Inc.<\/em> that this hard-to-find film is a cult favorite, though it&#8217;s not listed as such in Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative opening credits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-credits.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-credits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10755\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kay Doubleday as Coll&#8217;s girlfriend, Clio<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-doubleday.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-doubleday.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10756\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine supporting performances<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-orbach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-orbach.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10757\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-supporting1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mad-dog-supporting1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10758\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Sevalas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Sevalas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Sevalas.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Sevalas-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Sevalas-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Mad-Dog-Sevalas-491x270.png 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look if you happen to catch it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055118\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9B01E2D6103FE13ABC4B52DFB366838A679EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/mad-dog-coll-100793\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/27580\/mad-dog-coll#articles-reviews?articleId=245794\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Whoever shot and murdered these little kids is a human animal &#8212; he&#8217;s worse than an animal, he&#8217;s a beast; he&#8217;s a mad dog!&#8221; Synopsis: Psychopathic gangster Mad Dog Coll (John Chandler) vies for dominance over rival Dutch Schultz (Vincent Gardenia) while romancing an exotic dancer (Kay Doubleday). Genres: Biopics Gangsters Rise-and-Fall Review: After the success of Murder, Inc. (1960) (which he co-directed with Stuart Rosenberg), Burt Balaban helmed this similarly themed Depression-era biopic about sociopathic mobster &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Coll&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10751\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10751"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54411,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10751\/revisions\/54411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}