Martin Scorsese directed this Roger Corman-produced knock-off of Bonnie and Clyde the year before he became a critic’s darling with Mean Streets, and his strong visual aesthetic and playful editing are almost enough to cover up the essentially derivative nature of the potboiler material. Barbara Hershey is certainly memorable as the baby doll criminal, but it’s the gruesome climax featuring John Carradine being crucified on the side of a railcar and Bernie Casey blasting everyone in sight with a shotgun—some of the most visceral bloodshed in Scorsese’s entire ouerve, if you can believe it—that makes the film truly memorable. (DVD)