The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

Action / Crime / Drama / History

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 68% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 5160 5.2K

chicago, illinois prohibition era crime boss historical figure shootout gunfight

Plot summary

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

Director

Roger Corman Photo
Roger Corman

Top cast

Jeffrey Sayre Photo
Jeffrey Sayre as Party Guest
Patrick Whyte Photo
Patrick Whyte as Judge at Party
Leo Gordon Photo
Leo Gordon as Heitler
John Agar Photo
John Agar as Dion O'Bannion
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
760.41 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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1.45 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by chuck-reilly 8 / 10

Great gangster movie from Roger Corman

Reviewed by patrick.hunter 8 / 10

Factual and Cartoonish--what fun!

Why is it that people quibble about Jason Robards not looking like Capone? Many actors who have played him, from F. Murray Abraham to William Forsythe, really didn't resemble him. Maybe it's because this film attempts a semi-documentary approach. Perhaps it's the most accurate Hollywood drama on Capone, but the other semi-documentaries of the time (such as Fox's own THE LONGEST DAY), had the look and lighting that reminded a viewer of a documentary, while this one doesn't. In fact, its style is more evocative of a 1930's Warner Bros. gangster film. Even George Segal's bullying the bartender and his mashing his girlfriend's face with food are bits very comparable to ones Cagney does in THE PUBLIC ENEMY. Segal playing a mean Cagney-type might seem very offbeat casting, but in this film it works, because all its casting is offbeat--even deliciously over the top. It's a lot of fun.
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