Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974)

Original title

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Directed by

Dan Curtis

Genre

drama film, crime film, gangster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An FBI agent named Melvin Purvis hunts down gangsters in the 1930s. This is a made-for-TV movie that follows his efforts to capture criminals.

fast-pacedaction-orientedperioddeterminednoirishtensegrittystraightforward

What happens

Melvin Purvis: G-Man is a 1974 American TV movie about Melvin Purvis. It is a spin-off of Dillinger (directed by John Milius, co-author of the teleplay for this movie) and was followed in 1975 by The Kansas City Massacre, also directed by Dan Curtis and starring Dale Robertson as Purvis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
• Chinatown (1974)
• The Godfather Part II (1974)
• The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974)
• Newman's Law (1974)
• White Heat (1949)
• The Conversation (1974)
• Black Eye (1974)