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Mickey the Kid (1939) - Movie Browser

A killer drives a school bus through a blizzard—and the kids think he's their substitute.

Depression-era noirB-movie tensionUnexpected tenderness

Overview

A bank robber and his boy make a run for it during winter in a bus full of children.

Content warning

school bus snowstorm

Redemption vs. survivalInnocence as witnessFound family under duress

Standout Aspects

Direction

Lubin squeezes claustrophobic terror from a bus and weather.

Acting

Bruce Cabot's weathered desperation sells impossible stakes.

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence

Director

Arthur Lubin

ReleasedJul 3, 1939

Runtime1h 8m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelmedium

Top Cast

Bruce Cabot

Jim Larch / Jim Adams

Ralph Byrd

Dr. Ben Cameron

Zasu Pitts

Lilly Handy

Tommy Ryan

Mickey Larch / Mickey Adams

Jessie Ralph

Veronica Hudson

June Storey

Sheila Roberts

Benny Bartlett

Joe Fisher

J. Farrell MacDonald

Sheriff J.J. Willoughby

John Qualen

Mailman

Robert Elliott

FBI Agent Farrow

Scotty Beckett

Bobby

James Flavin

Sanders

Archie Twitchell

Shelby, the Bus Driver

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