THE HOODLUM(1951)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics

A definite bad egg gets parolled cause of his
mother's pleas! He rewards his mother and the
rest of the world by getting worse and worse,
committing more heinous crimes day after day!
This, of course, ends as one would expect! A
very dirty little movie about a very dirty little
man! Not my cup of coffee! D

A review from IMDb.com:

This is typical but quite entertaining B movie
fare. Well, not completely typical because the
main character of such fare is generally more
sympathetic than Lawrence Tierney is here. He's
a guy you love to hate as he gets paroled thanks
to his sweet and loving mother and then proceeds
to be a total heel, raping and impregnating his
sister-in-law, robbing a bank and just an overall
not-nice guy. He doesn't even evoke sympathy at
his dying mother's bedside and that's one of
the perverse charms of the film. The ending
in a dump is quite satisfying and prompts a
feeling of good riddance to bad rubbish.
This is a typically short little B film,
cheaply made, ludicrous at times, but fun
to watch and one which will be appreciated
by fans of 40's and 50's 2nd
features. - AlanSquier