Melvin Purvis G-MAN: Difference between revisions
Melvin Purvis G-MAN: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
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[[Image:Stevens12GaugeShotgun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image:Stevens12GaugeShotgun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge]]
[[Image:MPGM_DBS_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Buckwheat with his shotgun over his shoulder.]]
[[Image:MPGM_DBS_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Buckwheat with his shotgun over his shoulder.]]
[[Image:MPGM_DBS_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The elder Longaker ([[Bob Pinson]]) opens fire with his shotgun.]]
[[Image:MPGM_DBS_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The elder Longaker (Bob Pinson) opens fire with his shotgun.]]
[[Image:MPGM_DBS_04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Buckwheat reloads his shotgun.]]
[[Image:MPGM_DBS_04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Buckwheat reloads his shotgun.]]
Melvin Purvis G-MAN is a 1974 television movie that is a spin-off of the 1973 film Dillinger. Like Dillinger, this film was written by John Milius, but directing duties were handled by Dan Curtis (The Winds of War). Dale Robertson took over the role of Melvin Purvis from Ben Johnson, and continued to portray Purvis as a seasoned and almost regal law enforcement veteran, even though the real Purvis was only thirty years old the year this film was set. The film plays very fast and loose with the facts, starting in December of 1933, even though the real Machine Gun Kelly (Harris Yulin) had been sentenced to life imprisonment in October of 1933. Dale Robertson would return as Melvin Purvis the following year in The Kansas City Massacre.
The following weapons were used in the film Melvin Purvis G-MAN:
Like many films of the era, the Star Model B stands in for the M1911. Almost all the characters use one at one point or another. Melvin Purvis (Dale Robertson) is seen using a nickel-plated model, like in Dillinger.
Numerous characters from both sides use M1928 Thompson submachine guns throughout the film. It's the "Machine Gun" in "Machine Gun Kelly" (Harris Yulin).
Melvin Purvis has a gun rack in the office, which has two Thompsons, and yet still has a subordinate carry a disassembled Thompson in a briefcase for him.
