The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

1h 40m

Crime

Drama

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89%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

67%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Based on true events, this crime drama follows the events leading up to the infamous shootout between rival gangs led by Al Capone (Jason Robards) and George "Bugs" Moran (Ralph Meeker). To claim his status as the most powerful mobster in Chicago during the Prohibition era, Capone orders his men to disguise themselves as police officers and murder important members of Moran's organization, resulting in one of the bloodiest battles in mob history.

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Larry K

Awesome gangster movie. Jason Robards absolutely kills it as Capone

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/15/24

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Simon T

King of the Bs, Roger Corman, delivers one of his best films with this low-budget straightforward penny dreadful melodrama centering on the 1920s turf wars between rival gangsters, the more famous of which of course is Al Capone (non lookalike Jason Robards). You'll forget who's who within seconds, but it doesn't matter because the plot is as simple as they come: a kind of cut-price Godfather, seemingly shot entirely on the Fox backlog. There are fleeting appearances by Bruce Dern, Dick Miller and Jack Nicholson, and a miscast George Segal. Good fun.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/09/23

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CodyZamboni

Solid Prohibition gangster docu drama. Movie is pulpy, exciting, with gun blasting action every 10 minutes, courtesy of Roger Corman. Lots of famous faces in supporting roles.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/30/23

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SICKS6SIX

I don't like films with a commentary or writing on the screen telling you about the events you are watching. But this film is OK. Worth watching. Some good acting. Everyone knows the plot so no need to explain anything. George Segal over acts at times. But it's a big story so why not ham it a bit.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/01/22

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Matthew D

This flick has it all: Dirty dealings, double-crosses, Tommy guns, bootleg whiskey, fedoras, Italian food; everything!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/21

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Audience Member

It is very stylized, almost cartoon-like, in both the depiction of violence and in the dialogue. It's obvious that the movie is shot predominately on the same back lot for exteriors. The dialogue is drowning in old Hollywood scriptwriters who are more used to writing for epic historical movies like Gone with the Wind than a legitimate gangster movie. The constant narration to give all of the multitude of players a backstory eventually becomes overwhelming and you end up forgetting most of it. Plus, I have always found the use of such narration as lazy, and shows a lack of imagination on how to write a script the adequately

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Roger Corman

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Jason Robards

Al Capone

George Segal

Peter Gusenberg

Ralph Meeker

George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

Jean Hale

Myrtle

Clint Ritchie

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

At the end of this nonsense, to be sure, there is a massacre to brighten things up a little. But then the pall sets in again.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 3, 2019

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Richard Whitehall

Los Angeles Free Press

The carefully stylized violence and reconstruction of that era comes off very well.

Feb 3, 2020

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

It's a cool, violent film, romantic in a disciplined, disenchanted way about its battling gangsters.

Aug 3, 2015

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

Corman is adept at creating human moments between the plot points, reminding us of the little guys caught up in the war and the human cost of the violence...

Mar 14, 2015

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

Roger Corman's rat-tat-tat helming is one of the strengths of this crime flick ... What damages the picture are the performances by the two top-billed stars, Jason Robards and George Segal.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 4, 2015

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Shoot 'em up gangsters, Prohibition era, via Roger Corman.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 2, 2008

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Synopsis

Based on true events, this crime drama follows the events leading up to the infamous shootout between rival gangs led by Al Capone (Jason Robards) and George "Bugs" Moran (Ralph Meeker). To claim his status as the most powerful mobster in Chicago during the Prohibition era, Capone orders his men to disguise themselves as police officers and murder important members of Moran's organization, resulting in one of the bloodiest battles in mob history.

Director: Roger Corman
Screenwriter: Howard Browne
Production Co: Los Altos Productions
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 40m

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