The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 gangster film based on the 1929 Chicago gang shootings of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. It was directed by Roger Corman and written by Howard Browne.
The film starred Jason Robards as Capone, George Segal as Peter Gusenberg and Ralph Meeker as Bugs Moran. (Orson Welles was originally supposed to play Capone - but Fox vetoed the deal, fearing that Welles was 'undirectable'.) It was also believed that ...
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 gangster film based on the 1929 Chicago gang shootings of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. It was directed by Roger Corman and written by Howard Browne.
The film starred Jason Robards as Capone, George Segal as Peter Gusenberg and Ralph Meeker as Bugs Moran. (Orson Welles was originally supposed to play Capone - but Fox vetoed the deal, fearing that Welles was 'undirectable'.) It was also believed that Welles was the narrator of the film, but it was actually narrated by well-known Hollywood voice actor Paul Frees in Welles' style. A very young Bruce Dern plays one of the victims of the massacre, and Jack Nicholson has a bit part as a gangster.
The film is a somewhat rough mixture of correct historical fact and outright movie fiction, though it is presented in docu-drama style. It is largely accurate in the historical coverage of the event, but creates several character names that exist only in the film, rather than reality, such as "Boris...
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