make the film because he thought Kelly was an interesting character and liked the title "Machine Gun Kelly". Susan Cabot said the film was the "most satisfactory" of the six movies she made with Corman, in part because of the "fun thing going on" between her character and Bronson's and the strength of the relationship she had with Bronson. Reception Critical response The Los Angeles Times called it a "sleeper" with "a very good screenplay" in which Bronson makes Kelly "a full, three dimensional human being". Corman says the film was reasonably successful in the U.S. but very successful in Europe, leading to Corman's work being examined in such journals as Cahiers du Cinéma. See also List of American films of 1958 List of Hood films References Notes External links Machine Gun Kelly at Letterbox DVD review by Variety 1958 films 1958 crime films 1950s biographical films American crime films American biographical films 1950s English-language films Biographical films about criminals American International Pictures films Films directed by Roger Corman Films produced by Roger Corman Films with screenplays by Robert Wright Campbell Films scored by Gerald Fried Cultural depictions of Machine Gun Kelly 1950s American films