The Purple Gang (1959)
When machine gun mania rocked the nation!
85 min
The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.
- Release date
- January 5, 1960
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Paul Dunlap
Cast
- Barry Sullivan as Police Lt. William P. Harley
- Robert Blake as William Joseph 'Honeyboy' Willard
- Elaine Edwards as Gladys Harley
- Marc Cavell as Henry Abel 'Hank' Smith
- Jody Lawrance as Joan MacNamara
- Suzanne Ridgway as Daisy
- Joe Turkel as Eddie Olsen
- Victor Creatore as Al Olsen
- Paul Dubov as Thomas Allen 'Killer' Burke
- Dirk London as Tom Olsen
Crew
- Frank McDonald · Director
- Jack DeWitt · Writer
- Lindsley Parsons · Producer
- Paul Dunlap · Composer
- Ellis W. Carter · Cinematographer