The Purple Gang (1960)

Directed by

Frank McDonald

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1920s Detroit, a bootlegging gang runs illegal liquor during Prohibition. The movie follows their criminal operations and conflicts.

tensegrittyretrocrime dramableakhistoricalfast-paced

What happens

The Purple Gang is a 1960 American period crime film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake and Jody Lawrance. It portrays the activities of The Purple Gang bootlegging organization in Detroit in the 1920s (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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