The Kansas City Massacre Explained

Genre:	Crime Drama
Director:	Dan Curtis
Starring:	Dale Robertson
Theme Music Composer:	Bob Cobert
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Producer:	Dan Curtis
Location:	20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California Marysville, California
Cinematography:	Paul Lohmann
Editor:	Richard A. Harris Dennis Virkler
Runtime:	100 minutes
Company:	ABC Circle Films
Network:	ABC
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The Kansas City Massacre is a 1975 American television film about Melvin Purvis. It is the second spin-off of the 1973 film Dillinger, following in 1974, also directed by Dan Curtis and starring Dale Robertson as Purvis.^[1]

Plot

Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.

Cast

• Dale Robertson as FBI Agent Melvin Purvis
• Bo Hopkins as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd
• Elliott Street as George "Baby Face" Nelson
• Harris Yulin as John Lazia
• Matt Clark as Verne Miller
• Scott Brady as Commissioner Herbert Tucker McElwaine
• John Karlen as FBI Agent Sam Cowley
• Lynn Loring as Vi Morland
• Robert Walden as Adam Richetti
• Mills Watson as Frank "Jelly" Nash
• Philip Bruns as Captain Jackson
• William Jordan as John Dillinger
• Sally Kirkland as Wilma Floyd
• Morgan Paull as Alvin Karpis
• Ike Eisenmann as Jimmie Floyd
• Brion James as Homer Van Meter
• James Gammon as Garth

Production

Filming was done in Marysville, California.

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called it "a smartly produced, sharply acted slice of TV entertainment."^[2]

See also

• List of American films of 1975

Notes and References

1. FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS LATER: CURTIS TRYING TO WIND DOWN AFTER 'WINDS'Margulies, Lee. Los Angeles Times February 7, 1983: f1.
2. 'K.C. Massacre' in Sharp, Low KeyAdler, Dick. Los Angeles Times September 19, 1975: f20.