{"id":75711,"date":"2021-09-03T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T19:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75711"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:02:06","slug":"machine-gun-kelly-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75711","title":{"rendered":"Machine Gun Kelly (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;George isn&#8217;t afraid of any man living.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-75712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster-672x1024.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Poster.png 727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWith help from his girlfriend Flo (Susan Cabot), bootlegger-turned-thief &#8220;Machine Gun&#8221; Kelly (Charles Bronson) robs banks and becomes America&#8217;s Public Enemy Number One, while alienating his former partner (Morey Amsterdam). When Kelly and Flo turn to kidnapping a young girl (Lori Martin) and her nurse (Barboura Morris), their longevity as outlaws becomes even more precarious.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Charles Bronson Films<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Roger Corman Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPrior to his breakthrough cinematic success in <em>The Magnificant Seven<\/em> (1960), one of Charles Bronson&#8217;s major movie roles was in this <a href=\"http:\/\/historyonfilm.com\/machine-gun-kelly\/\">mostly-fictional<\/a> &#8220;biopic&#8221; of American gangster <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machine_Gun_Kelly\">George &#8216;Machine Gun&#8217; Kelly<\/a>, whose switch from bank robberies to kidnapping precipitated his downfall: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Bronson-Gun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Bronson-Gun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Bronson-Gun.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Bronson-Gun-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Bronson-Gun-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Bronson-Gun-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film opens with a carefully choreographed get-away after a heist, as we&#8217;re introduced to pivotal role played by Kelly&#8217;s girlfriend &#8220;Flo&#8221; (based on his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathryn_Kelly\">Kathryn Kelly<\/a>): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Getaway.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Getaway.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Getaway.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Getaway-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Getaway-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Getaway-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>While Kelly may be a mean, psychopathic bastard who doesn&#8217;t hesitate to shoot his guns, throw a punch, or have an accomplice mauled by a lion: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Mean.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Mean.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Mean.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Mean-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Mean-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Mean-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Flo is equally devious and duplicitous, and Cabot seems to enjoy her role: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Cabot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Cabot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Cabot.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Cabot-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Cabot-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Cabot-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presumably for dramatic interest, the kidnapping that ended Kelly and Flo&#8217;s careers was shifted from that of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_F._Urschel\">an oil tycoon<\/a> to his daughter (and her conveniently sexy nurse): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Girl.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Girl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Girl.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Girl-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Girl-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Girl-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Morris.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Morris.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Morris.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Morris-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Morris-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Morris-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is actually too bad, given the real-life drama inherent in what went down; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tAU6FSUVm28\">click here to watch a brief video<\/a>, if you&#8217;re curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The creative opening credits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Opening-Credits.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Opening-Credits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Opening-Credits.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Opening-Credits-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Opening-Credits-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Machine-Gun-Kelly-Opening-Credits-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some memorable lines of dialogue: &#8220;When rabbits roar, it&#8217;s a bad time.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Corman or Bronson fans will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051887\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/machine-gun-kelly\/review\/2000118555\/\">TV Guide Review (spoilers alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/historyonfilm.com\/machine-gun-kelly\/\">History on Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;George isn&#8217;t afraid of any man living.&#8221; Synopsis: With help from his girlfriend Flo (Susan Cabot), bootlegger-turned-thief &#8220;Machine Gun&#8221; Kelly (Charles Bronson) robs banks and becomes America&#8217;s Public Enemy Number One, while alienating his former partner (Morey Amsterdam). When Kelly and Flo turn to kidnapping a young girl (Lori Martin) and her nurse (Barboura Morris), their longevity as outlaws becomes even more precarious. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Biopics Charles Bronson Films Gangsters Kidnapping Roger Corman Films Review: Prior to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75711\"> 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-75711","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\/75711","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=75711"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75732,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75711\/revisions\/75732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}