1. INTRODUCING…: A well-known actor’s first movie. Bonus points if it has an “introducing” credit.

“YESTERDAY a Teenage Rebel… TODAY a mad-dog slayer! ”

Jimmy Wallace (Jack Nicholson in his first movie ever) is in love with Carole (Carolyn Mitchell, soon to be the wife of Mickey Rooney; she was murdered by stuntman and actor Milos Milos (also the bodyguard for Alain Delon), who then shot himself. She and Milos had an affair while Rooney was travelling, and the police thought that Milos stabbed her after she wanted to end it.  While Rooney said, “I died when she did,” he quickly married Mitchell’s best friend, Marge Lane, which angers her new man, Manny (Brett Halsey) and his gang, who try to take him out. Jimmy grabs a gun, shoots one of them and goes on the run, taking a cook (Smoki Whitfield), a mother (Barbara Knudson) and her baby hostage to try and get out of the crime.

Directed by Joe Addis and written by Leo Gordon and Melvin Levy, this is one of the few movies thatRogerr Corman claimed he didn’t make a profit on. The TV rights helped, as did playing it as part of a double feature with Hot Car Girl.

According to an interview with co-star Ed Nelson, Nicholson was so mentally overwhelmed by starring in his film debut that he left the entertainment industry to find himself. I guess he did, right?

You can watch this on Tubi.