Jazz In Film

Young Dillinger: This 1965 film directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Nick Adams, Robert Conrad and John Ashley. The movie brings together three of America’s most infamous criminals – John Dillinger (Adams), Baby Face Nelson (Ashley) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Conrad) in this uninspired gangster film.

The story goes… John Dillinger lands in jail after attempting to rob his girlfriend’s father at her suggestion. Falling in with the likes of Baby Face Nelson and Floyd, he arranges their escape and together they start on an escalating series of holdups.

This film was notorious in its time for its gratuitous violence, so much so that public outcry prompted CBS to cancel plans to air it in early 1968. In a grim coincidence, star Nick Adams died a few days later.

Trumpeter, arranger and composer Shorty Rogers composes and conducts the music score.

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