The Purple Gang (film)
The Purple Gang is a 1960 American period crime film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake and Jody Lawrance.[1] It portrays the activities of The Purple Gang bootlegging organization in 1920s Detroit.
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| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Produced by | Lindsley Parsons |
| Written by | Jack DeWitt |
| Starring | Barry Sullivan Robert Blake Jody Lawrance |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Cinematography | Ellis W. Carter |
| Edited by | Maurice Wright |
Production company | Allied Artists |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
Release date | January 5, 1960 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Main cast
- Barry Sullivan as Police Lt. William P. Harley
- Robert Blake as William Joseph 'Honeyboy' Willard
- Elaine Edwards as Gladys Harley
- Marc Cavell as Henry Abel 'Hank' Smith
- Jody Lawrance as Joan MacNamara
- Suzanne Ridgway as Daisy
- Joe Turkel as Eddie Olsen
- Victor Creatore as Al Olsen
- Paul Dubov as Thomas Allen 'Killer' Burke
- Ray Boyle as Tom Olsen
- Kathleen Lockhart as Nun
- Nestor Paiva as Laurence Orlofsky
- Lou Krugman as Dr. Riordan
- Robert Anderson as Police Commissioner
- Mauritz Hugo as Licovetti
- James Roosevelt as Himself in Prologue
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References
- Stanfield p.136
Bibliography
- Stanfield, Peter. The Cool and the Crazy: Pop Fifties Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 2015.
External links
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