The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Corman
Screenplay by	Howard Browne
Produced by	Roger Corman
Starring	Jason Robards George Segal Ralph Meeker Jean Hale
Narrated by	Paul Frees
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	William B. Murphy
Music by	Lionel Newman
Production company	Los Altos Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 30, 1967 (1967-06-30)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million[1]
Box office	$1.7 million (US/CA)[2]

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 American gangster film based on the 1929 mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang (led by George "Bugs" Moran) on orders from Al Capone. The picture was directed by Roger Corman, written by Howard Browne, and starring Jason Robards as Capone, Ralph Meeker as Moran, George Segal as Peter Gusenberg, and David Canary as Frank Gusenberg.

Corman, better known as a director and producer of low-budget B movies, was given his largest budget to date (estimated at $2.5 million) and the backing of 20th Century Fox to realize what he described as "the most accurate, authentic gangster film ever".^[3] With a voiceover narration by Paul Frees, the film depicts in detail the events leading up to the massacre in a docudrama-style, with many authentic historical details.

A young Bruce Dern plays one of the victims of the massacre, and Jack Nicholson has a bit part as a gangster. Also featured are Jan Merlin as one of Moran's lieutenants and veteran Corman actors Dick Miller and Leo Gordon as one of the phony policemen involved in the massacre and Heitler, respectively.