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Baby Face Nelson starring Mickey Rooney

Baby Face Nelson starring Mickey Rooney.

George “Babyface” Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger. Chicago mob boss Rocca manages to get Lester Gillis sprung from jail in Joliet. His motive is to have Gillis kill a labor organizer, but Gillis refuses, preferring to work with Rocca’s gang on robberies instead.