The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd explained

Genre:	Crime Drama
Director:	Clyde Ware
Starring:	Martin Sheen Kim Darby Michael Parks
Theme Music Composer:	Pete Rugolo
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Executive Producer:	Roy Huggins
Producer:	Jo Swerling Jr.
Cinematography:	J.J. Jones
Editor:	Gloryette Clark Chuck McClelland
Runtime:	90 minutes
Company:	Universal Television Universal/Public Arts Production
Network:	ABC

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd is a 1974 American TV movie. It was written and directed by Clyde Ware.^[1]

Cast

• Martin Sheen as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
• Kim Darby as Ruby Hardgrave
• Michael Parks as Bradley Floyd
• Steven Keats as Eddie Richetti
• Ellen Corby as Ma Floyd
• Abe Vigoda as Dominic Morrell
• Joe Estevez as E.W. Floyd
• Ford Rainey as Mr. Suggs

Reception

The Los Angeles Times said the film was the best of all the Great Depression-era gangster films that followed the success of Bonnie and Clyde (1967).^[2]

The Washington Post called it "a slick piece of work, smoothly constructed, ably photographed, convincingly acted."^[3]

External links

• • The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd at Letterbox DVD

Notes and References

1. ... Did He Really Try to Escape?Ware, Clyde. Los Angeles Times 23 Nov 1974: a4.
2. TV MOVIE REVIEW: Pretty Boy Floyd as Tragic FigureThomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 7 May 1974: c16.
3. 'The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd' -- More or Less: PreviewBy Alan M. Kriegsman. The Washington Post 7 May 1974: C7.