Melvin Purvis G-Man

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Melvin Purvis G-Man

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Melvin Purvis G-Man

"He wrote his name in bullets in the history of crime!"

1975

1h 14m

6.3(8 votes)

TV Movie

Crime

Drama

Overview

Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

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Production Companies

American International Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson

Melvin Purvis

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

George 'Machine Gun' Kelly

Dick Sargent

Dick Sargent

Thatcher Covington

Margaret Blye

Margaret Blye

'Kate' Katherine Ryan-Kelly

Matt Clark

Matt Clark

Charles 'Charlie' Parlmetter

David Canary

David Canary

'Gene' Eugene T. Farber

Elliott Street

Elliott Street

Thomas 'Buckwheat' Longaker

John Karlen

John Karlen

'Tony' Anthony Redecci

Steve Kanaly

Steve Kanaly

Sam Cowley

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Nash Covington

Creative team

Directed by: Dan Curtis
Written by: John Milius
Produced by: Dan Curtis

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