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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 (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'', following ''[[Melvin Purvis: G-Man]]'' in 1974, also directed by Dan Curtis and starring Dale Robertson as Purvis.
'''''The Kansas City Massacre''''' is a 1975 American [[television film]] about [[Melvin Purvis]]. It is the second spin-off of the 1973 film ''[[Dillinger (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'', following ''[[Melvin Purvis: G-Man]]'' in 1974, also directed by Dan Curtis and starring Dale Robertson as Purvis.<ref>FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS LATER: CURTIS TRYING TO WIND DOWN AFTER 'WINDS'
Margulies, Lee. Los Angeles Times 7 Feb 1983: f1. </ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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* [[Harris Yulin]] as [[John Lazia]]
* [[Harris Yulin]] as [[John Lazia]]
* [[Matt Clark (actor)|Matt Clark]] as [[Verne Miller]]
* [[Matt Clark (actor)|Matt Clark]] as [[Verne Miller]]
*[[Scott Brady]] as Police Commissioner [[Herbert Tucker McElwaine]]

*[[John Karlen]] as [[Sam Cowley]]
*[[Lynn Loring]] as [[Vi Morland]]
*[[Robert Walden]] as [[Adam Richetti]]
*[[Mills Watson]] as [[Frank 'Jelly' Nash]]
*[[Philip Bruns]] as Capt. Jackson
*[[William Jordan (actor)|William Jordan]] as [[John Dillinger]]
*[[Sally Kirkland]] as Wilma Floyd
*[[Morgan Paull]] as [[Alvin Karpis]]
*Ike Eisenmann as Jimmie Floyd
==Production==
==Production==
Filming was done in [[Marysville, California]].
Filming was done in [[Marysville, California]].
==Reception==

The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "a smartly produced, sharply acted slice of TV entertainment."<ref>'K.C. Massacre' in Sharp, Low Key
Adler, Dick. Los Angeles Times 19 Sep 1975: f20. </ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1975]]
* [[List of American films of 1975]]
==References==

{{reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0073225|The Kansas City Massacre}}
*{{IMDb title|0073225|The Kansas City Massacre}}

Revision as of 01:45, 7 February 2020

The Kansas City Massacre
GenreCrime
Drama
Written byWilliam F. Nolan
Ric Hardman
Directed byDan Curtis
StarringDale Robertson
Theme music composerBob Cobert
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersDan Curtis
Robert Singer (associate producer)
CinematographyPaul Lohmann
EditorsRichard A. Harris
Dennis Virkler
Running time100 minutes
Production companyABC Circle Films
Original release
NetworkABC
Release
  • September 19, 1975 (1975-09-19)

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 Melvin Purvis: G-Man 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

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

References

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


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