Melvin Purvis G-Man

Melvin Purvis G-Man (1975)

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

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

Date of release
1975-02-28
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
TV Movie, Crime, Drama
Director
Dan Curtis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

Melvin Purvis: G-Man is a 1974 American TV movie about Melvin Purvis. It is a spin-off of Dillinger and was followed in 1975 by The Kansas City Massacre, also directed by Dan Curtis and starring Dale Robertson as Purvis.

Production

In January 1974, there were reports Ben Johnson would reprise his role as Melvin Purvis from the film Dillinger in an ABC Movie of the Week called Purvis, which would act as a pilot for a potential series. Eventually the role was taken by Dale Robertson and Dan Curtis was the show runner. It was American International Pictures' first proper venture into TV production.

Filming was done in Nicolaus, Michigan Bar and Sloughhouse in California.

In a 1976 interview, John Milius called Dan Curtis "this asshole director." He also didn't like working for TV. "I don't like the way the networks screw around with you. The pay isn't the thing that turns me off; I'm not out to get the most money. You slave and toil over the thing and then they cut this out, cut that out, change this, for some damn reason. I won't tolerate that. I don't work hard on something to have it bowdlerized that way."

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