The Music Box Kid (1960)
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The "music box" of the title of this low-budget, routine gangster film is a submachine gun, and its owner Larry Shaw (Ronald Foster) is the focus of attention. Larry has as little concern for morality or human life as an exterminator does for cockroaches, and so he is able to climb up the… More The "music box" of the title of this low-budget, routine gangster film is a submachine gun, and its owner Larry Shaw (Ronald Foster) is the focus of attention. Larry has as little concern for morality or human life as an exterminator does for cockroaches, and so he is able to climb up the ladder of organized crime with little difficulty. The setting is New York in the 1920s, when mobsters become both rich and famous and eventually dead because of Prohibition. For inexplicable reasons, Larry is married to a decent woman (Luana Patten) who one day has had enough of her husband's activities and rebels in a most significant way. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward L. Cahn
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1960 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
With no saving graces, its story is so unpleasant it makes for a disgusting watch.
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Cast
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Ron Foster
as Larry Shaw
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Luana Patten
as Margaret Shaw
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Grant Richards
as Chesty Miller
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Johnny Seven
as Tony Maldano
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Carl Milletaire
as Pat Lamont
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Dayton Lummis
as Father Gorman
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Bernard Fein
as Biggie Gaines
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Hugh Sanders
as Stanley Sandman
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Carleton Young
as George Gordon
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Gilbert Frye
as Steve Marino
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Michael Johnson
as Timmy Atkins
- Baynes Barron
