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Al Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago.Al Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago.Al Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago.
Joe Turkel
- Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
- (as Joseph Turkel)
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- TriviaFor the massacre scene in the garage, the actors playing the slain gangsters were shown photos and directed as how to fall so their positions were identical to the real photos of the massacre. Two actors bumped together on the way down. After studying photographs they realized they had fallen and collided in the exact way the slain gangsters had fallen and had landed in the correct positions.
- Quotes
Reporter: Y'know some are sayin' that it really was the cops who shot those men.
Bugs Moran: You must be new to this town, mister. Only Al Capone kills like that.
- ConnectionsEdited into Capone (1975)
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Realistic and mostly accurate
"The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" is a very good gangster movie, released five years before the all-time great "The Godfather". It's pretty accurate in its chronology, according to the books and documentaries I've seen about the incident, only a couple of dramatic licenses taken. The film unfolds like a documentary, showing the dynamics of the rival gangs and their blood feud. Opening with the killers leaving the garage and then the neighbors discovery of the massacre, it proceeds to detail the buildup to the crime. The victims are introduced, along with the killers and planners. Lots of good actors are in this, veterans of both the big and little screen. Jason Robards has been slammed for his over-the-top portrayal of Al Capone, but everything I've seen about Scarface shows that he was over-the-top himself. George Segal is especially good as a Moran gang member, Peter Gusenberg. Ralph Meeker is a tough , barrel chested Bugs Moran. Both gangs are filled with familiar, competent actors. Jean Hale has a nicely done cameo as a classic "gun Moll", Myrtle, Pete's squeeze. Even Jack Nicholson shows up as a Tommy gunner! The climactic massacre is chillingly accurate using forensic evidence to show how the victims fell and their final positions. All-in-all, a really good movie and record of one of the most famous and shocking events in American criminal history. 8 of 10.
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- Feb 20, 2006
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- Also known as
- Chicago-Massaker
- Filming locations
- Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(street scenes, garage - exteriors)
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- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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