The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre ★★½ 1967

Corman's big studio debut re-creates the events leading to one of the most violent gangland shoot outs in modern history: the bloodbath between Chicago's Capone and Moran gangs on February 14, 1929. Uninspired and unremittingly violent. Watch for Jack Nicholson's bit part. 100m/C VHS, DVD . Jason Robards Jr., Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Joseph Campanella, Bruce Dern, Clint Ritchie, Richard Bakalyan, George Segal, Harold J. Stone, Jonathan Haze, Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Jack Nicholson, Frank Silvera, Milton Frome, Alex Rocco, John Agar, Tom Signorelli; D: Roger Corman; W: Howard Browne; C: Milton Krasner; M: Lionel Newman.

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