---
title: 'The Cry Baby Killer (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jus Addiss'
released: '1958-08-17'
runtime_minutes: 70
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cry-baby-killer-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051500/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cry Baby Killer (1958)

1958 · 70 min · Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Cry Baby Killer is a 1958 teen exploitation film produced by Roger Corman that marked Jack Nicholson's film debut. The film was out of print and difficult to find until 2006, when it was issued on DVD for the first time by Buena Vista Home Entertainment as part of its Roger Corman Classics series.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- **Screenplay:** [Leo Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-gordon), [Melvin Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-levy)
- **Director:** [Jus Addiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/jus-addiss)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gerald Fried](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-fried)
- **Director of Photography:** [Floyd Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/floyd-crosby)

## Cast

- [Herb Vigran](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-vigran)
- [Smoki Whitfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/smoki-whitfield)
- [Carolyn Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-mitchell)
- [Frank Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-richards)
- [Barbara Knudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-knudson)
- [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson)
- [Bill Erwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-erwin)
- [Ed Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-nelson)
- [Mitzi McCall](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitzi-mccall)
- [Lynn Cartwright](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-cartwright)
- [Harry Lauter](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-lauter)
- [Brett Halsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-halsey)
- [Leo Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-gordon)
- [Bruno VeSota](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-vesota)

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