There are a lot of people born in the 1920s whom are still alive today, The majority of those are known as The Greatest Generation due to them coming of age during the depression and later would serve in World War II.
my father was growing up in Chicago when this happened (he wasn't in the city though-he lived in the suburbs) and he used to tell us about a priest they knew who was called to come look at the crime scene after this happened; he took one look at it, had a nervous breakdown and never recovered from it.
there was no "good and bad" side in WWI that came later with nazi uprising. all factions in WWI had the same initial goal: to get as much land of the enmie's territory (colonies) as possible. there wasn't a lot about ideology or racism, it was mainly patriotism.
Luis Guzman - In real life, from what i heard the dog that witnessed this massacre had to be put down because it was acting so oddly as a result of witnessing this carnage.
John Dillinger said Bonnie and Clyde were an embarrassment to real gangsters. They would get away with the most at a bank robbery about 300 dollars, while he would get 10,000 dollars in one hit.
Good point.These were the first mainstream films to show violence as brutal as it truly could be. If you watch so many movies before this, be that westerns or even noir gangster films, a person gets shot, they wince, and fall over dead, maybe make a last second confession. That was about it.
One of these guys, Frank Gusenberg actually survived this, for a few hours at least, with 14 bullet holes in him, most were 45 caliber slugs from the Thompson. One of the mob guys had over 40 bullet holes in him.
@@karmenjones1690 Stupid rule. Although it's not clear if Gusenberg would have been able to identify any of the gunmen other than to say that "cops" did it. Still a stupid rule --- for men who have chosen a foolish way of life.
Grandmaster Bushido Brown are you talking about the these gangsters cause one of those guys survived that shooting and still didn’t snitch even till death, so I don’t know what the fuck you are talking about?
There were a lot of stars in this scene that went on to other things like Bruce Dern, David Canary and Dick Miller. Miller, did a number of Roger Corman films in the 60’s.
hello I saw your recent comment about The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre film did you notice the mechanic was played by Bruce Dern we still with us today anything about Bruce Dern is he always played really bad people he killed John Wayne and the Cowboys but Matt Dillon killed him twice in the 60s amazing another funny thing is he Godfather was Adlai Stevenson and his godmother Eleanor Roosevelt
Spielberg had the T-Rex eat the dog in one of his Jurassic Park films. Totally not necessary The dog barked at the dinosaur, it roared back. He could have had the dog retreat into its house and left it like that, a bit of comedy, but nooooo. Had to show the dog house swinging from the chain. Lowered my opinion of him big time.
I was 6 when this aired. I had a loud toy machine gun and my Dad pulled the trigger behind me during this scene! Scared the shit outta me! Lol 50 years later my Mom is STILL mad at him for that! LOL! 😂 ahh...good times
Fredrik Jonsson No, well, depends on what kind of animals and what kind of people. But in this case they're both on the same level. Mobsters and dog that is loyal to mobsters, lol.
Except for the great-grandparents, my Mother's entire family were natives of Chicago's north side. My Aunt Lottie was a flapper. She smoked, frequented speakeasies, and dated gangsters. At one time she dated one of the men killed in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
@@tillerman7272 I'm gonna give ya the count of 3 to get your lying catcus out my door. 1...2..... 1:48-2:15 Merry Christmas ya filthy animal 2:19-2:21 And a happy new year
+Thoralmir Back in those days most of the murder victims were other gangsters and the public didn't really care. The mass murder of the seven did finally cause a public outcry. Today it is much different................ crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/homicides
"Sir, I'm just a mechanic here. All I do is work on the automobiles ... I don't have anything to do with these people." -- John May. "Grrrrr." -- Highball.
Alex F damn, thats crazy and sad actually, so even though they didn't kill the dog, they kinda did in a sense. would have killed it anyway I'm sure if it had attacked them
One thing I can say: these gangsters were murderous but they did have a code of honor. They killed for revenge, not for fun. If they considered you a loyal friend they would stick with you to the end but they had any doubts about you at all, that was it for you.
@@thisisajangoh yes they did, 100 people died in the bombings when Capone would bomb stores who refused to buy his liquor. You really think he didn’t kill any women?
I don't think it was clever, it was clearly an act of cowardice... killing someone without even giving them a chance to fight just shows what a coward you are And to think these men called themselves mafia pfft.
Did you know one actually survived but died at the hospital when he was asked what happened he said "nobody shot me" not breaking the "no talking rule"
Yes. It was in the movie. He was Frank Gusenberg. New theories said he wasn't keeping "Omertà code" but that he was in a massive shock state. It seems he really wasn't aware about what happened.
Stone Celtden You are thinking of Ray chuck bennett who is believed murdered by Brian Kane in Melbourne not Sydney courthouse. It was revenge for his brother Les. Nothing to do with George Freeman.
I will never look at Valentines day the same way again. But it still amazes me that gangsters used to be so cunning and well-dressed back in those days than they are now.
When I was a kid my dad and I would watch movies like these and also cowboys. Al capone and Clint Eastwood are two people my dad gets joy from. Sad kids these days don't even know about the classics...
If you go to the site of the Clark St garage now, it's an empty lot. Back in the mid 60's, they were looking to tear the garage down. Some guy from Seattle bought the wall the seven men stood against and moved it to Seattle. It still had the bullet marks on it.
John May, the mechanic, was described as "a part time mechanic for the gang" so yeah he was innocent in this, just a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A TON of research was done to make this movie seem as historically authentic as possible. I think the only creative liberty that was taken was Capone personally taking revenge on Joe Aiello, the guy that set up the killing of Patsy Lolordo. In real life Joe successfully escaped Chicago and took over the Sicilian mob but was gunned down by the Capone gang in October of 1930.
@@vanesamontacuto8916 In the most well-known photo of the massacre, only six of the victims are seen (including one slumped over a chair, Pete Gusenberg), because Frank Gusenberg had already crawled away from the wall and toward the door by the time the photo was taken.
One of my favorite gangster movies of all time and the book that came out to accompany the movie wasn't bad either.Ralph Meeker made a great Bugs Moran and Jason Robards was good as Capone.Notice Bruce Dern in one of his earlier roles before stardom also.The massacre scene is total uncut gangsterism at it's best,love them Thompsons...
I remember from this movie: Moran is sitting in a diner down the street from the garage with two bodyguards when a kid comes in shouting: "Hey Kenny, the cops just killed a bunch of hoods in the garage up the street! One of 'em was *Bugs Moran!"*
The actual Thompson Submachine Guns used were fitted with vertical foregrips not handguards. My friend August Caccavone carried the Thompson during WWII and was also favorite among the first Special Forces such as the Marine Raiders and US Army Rangers
The garage where the massacre took place was demolished years ago and is now a vacant lot but a piece of the wall where Bugsy's men were lined up is now on display at the Mob Museum in Vegas.
Address was 2122 North Clark Street , Chicago , Illinois . The old motor garage became a shop some years later . No one was ever convicted of the killings .
the killing of them did not even make me bat an eye, in fact all I could think about was 'Blue Riband' playing over the top, but at the end when the dog started whining....I felt that
Notice how well dressed the gangsters were. Three piece suits and ties. Figure these guys are bankers. As well, curious why after finishing their job the killers did not help themselves to the till after being offered a kickback by the accountant there. There must have been thousands of dollars there.
these gangsters of Al Capone only killed when they have too, not for fun. The main goal was to transport alcohol, and make millions of dollars from it.
@Blaze91827: It had gone beyond business and profits. The Northside gang (i.e., the Bugs Moran gang being killed here) had tried to kill Capone pretty brazenly on his own turf, blasting away with tommies at the Hawthorne Hotel, Capone's headquarters. Capone's predecessor, Johnny Torrio, had actually been partners in a brewery with Moran's predecessor, Dion O'Banion. O'Banion double-crossed Torrio at one point (set him up in a raid on their co-owned brewery) and that kicked the whole thing off. It was somewhat racial, as well, with Irish like O'Banion being pretty contemptuous of "dagoes" and "ginzos" like Torrio and Capone, who in turn were contemptuous of "micks".
I compared the murder scene with this movie scene - they really came very close to matching it up. How the bodies fell, the layout of the scene, to the rivers of blood
Back when 2 regular cops armed with only .38's could detain several armed men. Now it takes a tactical SWAT team with armored personnel carriers to apprehend one person, sometimes not even an adult, who MAY have a gun.
Yep, Highball. I'm not sure why they changed his name to Trench in this movie. Highball belonged to the mechanic, Johnny May. Apparently Johnny had Highball tied to the bumper of the truck he was working on, the dog was never the same after seeing all that. Listless, drank heavily ... pissed all over the place, just didn't care.
From what I recently read at the autopsy of each of these seven men, John May had half of his face shot off ... This isn't exactly shown in the movie either ... Fortunately, because it would have been horrible to see.
Two of the victims were additionally shot with shotgun blasts, as you see after the machine gun volley. According to the history of the event, the two were John May and James Clark. Apparently, the plan was to use the shotguns to finish off any victim who appeared to still be breathing (by shooting them in the face/head).
Girls on S. Valentine's day: Omg John wrote a love letter to me.
Boys on S. Valentine's day:
balls deep
John is the victim
@@BattleTheSuperHotMaleIII no the doggy
but with airsoft guns of course **sweats nervously**
I guess I'm male now then... or a tomboy
Back when mass murder was 7 people.
yes, times have changed .....
I am gravely disappointed- again you have made me unleash my dogs of war....
True words
Its uhhhhh call Media
i want to laugh, but this is sad so i won't
only 1929 kids will remember this.
There are a lot of people born in the 1920s whom are still alive today, The majority of those are known as The Greatest Generation due to them coming of age during the depression and later would serve in World War II.
I was born in 1987, and I remember this.
The North remembers
@@mac1bc 2 Times the north never forgot
or people who actually paid attention in history class.
my father was growing up in Chicago when this happened (he wasn't in the city though-he lived in the suburbs) and he used to tell us about a priest they knew who was called to come look at the crime scene after this happened; he took one look at it, had a nervous breakdown and never recovered from it.
Why cause the gruesome bodies shot up?
I forgot to add to my original post-the priest was a veteran of World War I.
there was no "good and bad" side in WWI that came later with nazi uprising. all factions in WWI had the same initial goal: to get as much land of the enmie's territory (colonies) as possible. there wasn't a lot about ideology or racism, it was mainly patriotism.
star trek+ Sociopathic shit...the underworld. That's one thing that never changes about it.
Darkzz Lord today's people are fucking retards.
At least they didn't kill the dog 👌🏽
Maarten Pennings pathetic troll
Luis Guzman - In real life, from what i heard the dog that witnessed this massacre had to be put down because it was acting so oddly as a result of witnessing this carnage.
They should've told the dog to draw a sketch of the criminals,I'm surprised they didn't blindfold the dog and kidnapped him for ransom 🤔
The dog does not know how to act dead
Alex F lmaoo wtf
Before Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, this was the prime example of overkill in all of crime/gangster history
It's positively Caesar!
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
John Dillinger said Bonnie and Clyde were an embarrassment to real gangsters. They would get away with the most at a bank robbery about 300 dollars, while he would get 10,000 dollars in one hit.
Good point.These were the first mainstream films to show violence as brutal as it truly could be. If you watch so many movies before this, be that westerns or even noir gangster films, a person gets shot, they wince, and fall over dead, maybe make a last second confession. That was about it.
That's not overkill. That's sending a message.
One of these guys, Frank Gusenberg actually survived this, for a few hours at least, with 14 bullet holes in him, most were 45 caliber slugs from the Thompson. One of the mob guys had over 40 bullet holes in him.
i heard they asked him who it was and he said no one shot him
Because that was the rule to NEVER tell
@@karmenjones1690 Stupid rule. Although it's not clear if Gusenberg would have been able to identify any of the gunmen other than to say that "cops" did it. Still a stupid rule --- for men who have chosen a foolish way of life.
It's actually shown in this film
@@karmenjones1690 yup the mob destroyed themselves by starting to snitch
When real gangsters wear suits and ties not skinny jeans and purses
ron thatguy ikr that's what I call real O.Gs
Last time I check real gangsters dont snitch or fold, but hey.
Right
Grandmaster Bushido Brown are you talking about the these gangsters cause one of those guys survived that shooting and still didn’t snitch even till death, so I don’t know what the fuck you are talking about?
@@disconnectedt.v2516 Why wouldn't you get the police to take down the people that wanted to take down you?
Anyone recognize the short cop...he was the gun salesman to the FIRST Terminator!
+Monte Walsh "Hey you can't do that..." "Wrong."
Just what you see, pal.
+Monte Walsh Dick Miller rules, I smile everytime he pops up. He was also really good in the cult classic "Demon Knight"
+thatonedrewguy He was in the original "V "mini series way back in the 80's as the counterfeiter. always liked his characters.
There were a lot of stars in this scene that went on to other things like Bruce Dern, David Canary and Dick Miller. Miller, did a number of Roger Corman films in the 60’s.
Hearing the dog cry was the saddest part.
The dog had to be put down , after , it also was never the same .
@@Jay-vr9irreally? damn
Al wanted a witness and he figured the dog is probably most reliable.
Look at my picture, That was my Uncle Rex. He was lucky.
@@veteranpatriot4474Damn..
Poor mechanic and dog.
hello I saw your recent comment about The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre film did you notice the mechanic was played by Bruce Dern we still with us today anything about Bruce Dern is he always played really bad people he killed John Wayne and the Cowboys but Matt Dillon killed him twice in the 60s amazing another funny thing is he Godfather was Adlai Stevenson and his godmother Eleanor Roosevelt
The dogs real name was Highball.
dog was lucky they choose not to kill it, but also it didn't do nothing anyway
King.K The Best p
The cats name was Fuzzy.
Fun fact: you didn’t get recommended for this, you searched for this
Fun fact: I got it on my recommendations!
Yes I did
@@BenjaminIce2003 lmao nice
🖖🏻
How did u know, are u a spy
as gruesome as that is, thats a LEGENDARY hit!! i feel horrible for the mechanic and the doggy though:(
Same
Hmmm... nah, after what Bruce Dern did to John Wayne in _The Cowboys_ I think he deserved it 😂
8 years more and it will be the 100 anniversary of the Massacre.
Yep
now it’s just 5
They didn’t have too kill the mechanic messed up
Hammerschlägen M how does it feel to be a passive aggressive dickhead
@Hammerschlägen M English is probably not his/her first language. Don't be a shithead
No witnesses.
they are mafia, that guy was a witness. What did you expect?
No witnesses
Hollywood directors know...in MOST cases, YOU DON'T KILL THE DOG !
In real life they actually didn't kill the dog, so the directors didn't have to change the story
+Monte Walsh Unfortunately the dog was so distraught that it had to be put down. It was because of the dog's cries that the dead men were discovered.
BlueBoy0316 I did not know that, too bad it had to die because of what happened.
In real life burglars always kill dogs, for it makes much noise
Spielberg had the T-Rex eat the dog in one of his Jurassic Park films. Totally not necessary The dog barked at the dinosaur, it roared back. He could have had the dog retreat into its house and left it like that, a bit of comedy, but nooooo. Had to show the dog house swinging from the chain.
Lowered my opinion of him big time.
This is what people want to forget about St. Valentine’s Day
and sick people just waiting for st valentine . they do not even know what happened in this day .
@@samerzain6153 dude on this day almost 100 years ago some gang members killed another gangs members. Better care about it forever!
This is what i love the most about st. Valentine's Day
I was 6 when this aired. I had a loud toy machine gun and my Dad pulled the trigger behind me during this scene! Scared the shit outta me! Lol
50 years later my Mom is STILL mad at him for that! LOL! 😂 ahh...good times
Name of movie?
@@YaMommaLuvMe909 The St. Valentin's Day Massacre. It’s literally just called that.
Every now and then it’s important to stop and remember the true meaning of Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s day has no meaning
@@sqqbbii yes it does it’s about the Christian patron Saint Valentine who became a martyr
@@latinobunny9882 I thought it was about a bunch of guys getting shot at
@@criminallyautistic8372 that was the St Valentine’s Day Massacre that was different
@@latinobunny9882 I fail to see your point sweetie
I feel bad for the dog...
Hey, Animals first! , Right?
At least the dog didn't die
the dogs ok
***** that was literally my exact thought lol
Fredrik Jonsson
No, well, depends on what kind of animals and what kind of people. But in this case they're both on the same level. Mobsters and dog that is loyal to mobsters, lol.
Except for the great-grandparents, my Mother's entire family were natives of Chicago's north side. My Aunt Lottie was a flapper. She smoked, frequented speakeasies, and dated gangsters. At one time she dated one of the men killed in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
My sister was born in Hoffman estates
R/ThatHappened
@John Doe Oh no, she was a flapper, dick sucking wasn't invented yet.
Lottie Thottie she likes to party...just kidding but I think it went well in place of the original words. Great history man💯
Wow
My brother took me to see this film when it was released. Still one of my favorite movies to date.
“Get on you’re knees and tell me you love me” lol
I love you 😆
@@nievelatino9691 you gotta do better than that
@@damaniresida9887 I LOVE YOU!!!
@@tillerman7272 I'm gonna give ya the count of 3 to get your lying catcus out my door. 1...2..... 1:48-2:15 Merry Christmas ya filthy animal 2:19-2:21 And a happy new year
Te amo
If i was the macanic I would hide in the car under a seat or under the car and not make no noise
they thought they were normal cops, you wouldent of thought you were about to be executed.
Ah, but you have to remember, he was actually working for the North Side Gang, whereas you are such a 'couldabin' gero.
Think the word is spelt "mechanic". Also you would not make ANY noise.
He does make no noise now.
Weatherboi
It's "spelled" not "spelt" as in using it in the past tense.
There's not a single boring scene in this movie.
Cause 1929 Chicago was anything but normal and boring thanks to the Beer Wars
@@kyleshiflet9952 what's the movie called
@@kofiashiboe-mensah686 St Valentine's Day Massacre from 1967 directed by Roger Corman
Chicago, the city with the tightest gun control laws in the nation!
Not back then when you could've bought a tommy gun and get it shipped to you unmarked for 5 dollars in today's currency lol
SBdunks3 Yeah, those were better days.
+Thoralmir I learned about this in high school yesterday
SBdunks3 And yet the STILL haven't gotten the murder rate down. Imagine that.
+Thoralmir
Back in those days most of the murder victims were other gangsters and the public didn't really care. The mass murder of the seven did finally cause a public outcry.
Today it is much different................
crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/homicides
"Sir, I'm just a mechanic here. All I do is work on the automobiles ... I don't have anything to do with these people." -- John May. "Grrrrr." -- Highball.
7 People murdered 91 years ago: ''Dear god, what a massacre!''
7 People murdered today:
''...Megan!''
I'm just happy because they didn't kill the dog.
Joe SC - The real life dog had to be put down as a result of ptsd from witnessing the massacre.
Alex F damn, thats crazy and sad actually, so even though they didn't kill the dog, they kinda did in a sense. would have killed it anyway I'm sure if it had attacked them
Joe SC dogs cant talk....
Don't be stupid 7 people dead and all you care about is a dog
@@ss_1972 they were all mobsters/gang members... The dog was the most innocent one there, damn straight people are gonna care more about the dog lol
It's crazy this shit actually happened
That dog whimpering at the end....Poor thing...
One thing I can say: these gangsters were murderous but they did have a code of honor. They killed for revenge, not for fun. If they considered you a loyal friend they would stick with you to the end but they had any doubts about you at all, that was it for you.
And they will never killed women either, even if the women witnessed the murder
@@thisisajangoh yes they did, 100 people died in the bombings when Capone would bomb stores who refused to buy his liquor. You really think he didn’t kill any women?
@@rahatahmed6188 capone was a mad dog, even the other mobsters hated him
The only “loyalty” in that life was money. If you weren’t useful you were disposable 😂
I know it’s just a movie, but this is some powerful stuff. Like wow...
This actually happened the crazy part
What are you doing on Valentine's day?
Kids: Nothing
Men:Take her to a restaurant.
Legends:
Happy Valentine's Day.
Too bad the dead men didn't get to enjoy a romantic valentines day with their wives or girlfriends.
St. Valentine
Same to you
Despite how gruesome it was, I gotta say it was pretty clever
I don't think it was clever, it was clearly an act of cowardice... killing someone without even giving them a chance to fight just shows what a coward you are
And to think these men called themselves mafia pfft.
@@Khushi_R9 nah it's actually very clever
@@nomnom9992 agreed, it was a clever plan
The Irish where plain out smarted
@@Khushi_R9 They're all cowardly scumbags. That's mafia 101
Did you know one actually survived but died at the hospital when he was asked what happened he said
"nobody shot me" not breaking the "no talking rule"
Yes. It was in the movie. He was Frank Gusenberg. New theories said he wasn't keeping "Omertà code" but that he was in a massive shock state. It seems he really wasn't aware about what happened.
This never gets old.
so who's going to walk the dog now?
Rufus Thomas. Or the Rolling Stones. Or Aerosmith.
Jesus.
Probably the wife or one of the 7 children the mechanic had.
Me
Donny Donowitz he don't exist
Overkill ain't the word to describe that scene
This is the Valentine we are Celebrating every year
Still the best hit in history
Haha
Stone Celtden You are thinking of Ray chuck bennett who is believed murdered by Brian Kane in Melbourne not Sydney courthouse. It was revenge for his brother Les. Nothing to do with George Freeman.
Al Capone
Yeah, certainly one of the Mobs Greatest Hits!
Apart from modern days school shootings that score higher on the death meter, or the music festival shooting, what was that one? 8 times more deaths.
I just walked past the actual location
I will never look at Valentines day the same way again. But it still amazes me that gangsters used to be so cunning and well-dressed back in those days than they are now.
Capone actually had a dress code for his gang
@Johnny Doe It's in the book by John Kohler. My copy is lost but he wanted everyone to look neat.
@@TheKaylaGayle The author of that Capone biography is John *Kobler.* It was published around 1970.
When they show this movie on TV in the later 60s oh, very early seventies, I was 9 to 11 years old whenever they showed it. Freaked me out
When I was a kid my dad and I would watch movies like these and also cowboys. Al capone and Clint Eastwood are two people my dad gets joy from. Sad kids these days don't even know about the classics...
If you go to the site of the Clark St garage now, it's an empty lot. Back in the mid 60's, they were looking to tear the garage down. Some guy from Seattle bought the wall the seven men stood against and moved it to Seattle. It still had the bullet marks on it.
Do you know the exact location, where the massacre took place???
Do you know if it's still in Seattle?
@@mayhem6282 MO MO
@@hemanthsh6089 Clark Street
@@mayhem6282 The wall is now in the mob museum in Las Vegas. Pretty sure as of 2023.
The infamous day “overkill” became a word in the America Dictionary. [posted February 12, 2020]
R.I.P to the guy who was Literally just a Mechanic…
The mechanic was also a getaway driver so he was not uninvolved. But the film does show him as a tragic figure because he did it to support his family
John May, the mechanic, was described as "a part time mechanic for the gang" so yeah he was innocent in this, just a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.
He was played by Bruce Dern.
Laura Dern's Father.
That was AWESOME! Those guys really knew how to send a message!
One of the most violent scenes ever
This is like a typical Sunday in Chicago now
Not just Sunday any given. Day I love my city but man it’s wild
The North side is free from that now
The guys who were killed looked exactly posed as the the guys in the photo of the massacre!
they were part of the northside gang Bugs moran Al capone was southside
A TON of research was done to make this movie seem as historically authentic as possible. I think the only creative liberty that was taken was Capone personally taking revenge on Joe Aiello, the guy that set up the killing of Patsy Lolordo. In real life Joe successfully escaped Chicago and took over the Sicilian mob but was gunned down by the Capone gang in October of 1930.
@@vampman87 Another creative liberty was to put Franck Gusenberg liying over a chair after the shooting; it was his brother who died that way .
@@vanesamontacuto8916 In the most well-known photo of the massacre, only six of the victims are seen (including one slumped over a chair, Pete Gusenberg), because Frank Gusenberg had already crawled away from the wall and toward the door by the time the photo was taken.
@@57highland True.
How are the older movies so much more accurate then the newer ones. 🤷♂️
You’re not only extremely vague you’re obviously biased
The best scene ever in this 1967 classic movie 🍿🎥 thank God I worked at showcase cinemas for 4 years
One of my favorite gangster movies of all time and the book that came out to accompany the movie wasn't bad either.Ralph Meeker made a great Bugs Moran and Jason Robards was good as Capone.Notice Bruce Dern in one of his earlier roles before stardom also.The massacre scene is total uncut gangsterism at it's best,love them Thompsons...
Also nice to see a young Jack Nicholson here, pre-fame
And I loved George Segal performance as Peter "Pete" Gusenberg. When a young girl I was in love with his character...A very handsome scoundrel.
No one deserves to die like that
Pedophiles and rapists do
They spared the dog because, the dog is not gona snitch on them.
This movie is the Tora Tora Tora of gangster films
I remember from this movie: Moran is sitting in a diner down the street from the garage with two bodyguards when a kid comes in shouting: "Hey Kenny, the cops just killed a bunch of hoods in the garage up the street! One of 'em was *Bugs Moran!"*
What a great way to celebrate the day of love
Back when "gangsters," were actually gangsters.
First off all gangsters are the same. Secondly you’re obviously a child to glorify this
Could imagine audiences being shocked by this back then. Now they've become desensitized by much worse than this.
Simple History brings me here..
One of the Tommy guns there is the US military pattern from WW2, which was used in a 1929 shooting.
The actual Thompson Submachine Guns used were fitted with vertical foregrips not handguards. My friend August Caccavone carried the Thompson during WWII and was also favorite among the first Special Forces such as the Marine Raiders and US Army Rangers
And they still reside at the Berrien County Sheriff Office im Benton Harbor MI. Still operational.
Before this massacre, Al Capone was basically doing whatever he wants in Chicago but he lost his credit after the shooting
thank you i really needed this video for my project!!
The garage where the massacre took place was demolished years ago and is now a vacant lot but a piece of the wall where Bugsy's men were lined up is now on display at the Mob Museum in Vegas.
Address was 2122 North Clark Street , Chicago , Illinois . The old motor garage became a shop some years later . No one was ever convicted of the killings .
the killing of them did not even make me bat an eye, in fact all I could think about was 'Blue Riband' playing over the top, but at the end when the dog started whining....I felt that
Always got to me how they just didn't care to murder the Mechanic guy.
The "no witnesses" mentality.
Interseting commentary, they didn't offer any resistance because they thought they were cops
interseting
One of them tried to bribe the Cops.
Life taught: When helping bad guys and defending wrong, it may gets ugly.
Notice how well dressed the gangsters were. Three piece suits and ties. Figure these guys are bankers. As well, curious why after finishing their job the killers did not help themselves to the till after being offered a kickback by the accountant there. There must have been thousands of dollars there.
these are real gangsters, not the wannabe teen "gangsters"
Blaze91827 these teen gangsters are killing more gangsters than these gangsters in Chicago
these gangsters of Al Capone only killed when they have too, not for fun. The main goal was to transport alcohol, and make millions of dollars from it.
Illegal alcohol was worth hundreds of millions a few thousand dollars meant nothing to them.
@Blaze91827: It had gone beyond business and profits. The Northside gang (i.e., the Bugs Moran gang being killed here) had tried to kill Capone pretty brazenly on his own turf, blasting away with tommies at the Hawthorne Hotel, Capone's headquarters. Capone's predecessor, Johnny Torrio, had actually been partners in a brewery with Moran's predecessor, Dion O'Banion. O'Banion double-crossed Torrio at one point (set him up in a raid on their co-owned brewery) and that kicked the whole thing off. It was somewhat racial, as well, with Irish like O'Banion being pretty contemptuous of "dagoes" and "ginzos" like Torrio and Capone, who in turn were contemptuous of "micks".
What an excellent representation of Al Capone’s biggest hit Against Bugs Moran.
What a cowardly act this was. Nobody deserves to die like that, no matter who they are.
"Get against the wall, see. Don't get stupid, see. (One guy moves) why I oughtta."
Frank Gusenberg survived long enough NOT to rat on his killers. And now's he's immortalized as the namesake for the Gusenberg Sweeper in GTA V.
I think they got 'em
Am not sure!
when capone told frank nitti to take care of that bugs moran.
Deadliest prank in history.
well they pranked the gangsters into thinking they were being arrested then blew them to prices with Tommy guns.
Except Nitti didn't. McGurn did
@@TheKaylaGayle he was the right hand man in easy words the underboss
those 2 Thompson guys looked real badass walking in
this movie used the set of 1870s New York from the Barbara Streisand movie HELLO DOLLY; to represent 1920s Chicago.
I compared the murder scene with this movie scene - they really came very close to matching it up. How the bodies fell, the layout of the scene, to the rivers of blood
The dog gets me sad when I watch this movie.
Not a cell phone in sight just people living in the moment
The Mechanic in this scene was played by Bruce Dern, Laura Dern's Father.
He's played in many. One of my favorites was "Silent Running".
He was also in The Cowboys where he Co-Starred with John Wayne.
Wow I remember watching this movie with my father as a child. Thank you for posting this movie clip
We've forgotten how to make movies. Tension and impact!!
Girls Bathroom: "OMG! I love your outfit."
Boys Bathroom:
Back when 2 regular cops armed with only .38's could detain several armed men. Now it takes a tactical SWAT team with armored personnel carriers to apprehend one person, sometimes not even an adult, who MAY have a gun.
My god, monstrous, how horrif...oh, the dog's okay. Well, I guess they ain't all bad.
The best argument... Thompsons & Shotguns.
Poor Highball.
He was never same after witnessing the massacre and had to be put down...
Who was highball
@@ranahasan24 The dog's name.
Poor dog, He cries😭
At least they didn't shoot the dog. (In the actual event as well.) ''We're here to kill these guys, but you're alright.''
But the dog was put to sleep several days after the massacre. His stress was so big that they kill him.
The saddest death was the mechanic
That was fucking wicked !!
dude called the dog Trench..his name was Highball
really
Yep, Highball. I'm not sure why they changed his name to Trench in this movie. Highball belonged to the mechanic, Johnny May. Apparently Johnny had Highball tied to the bumper of the truck he was working on, the dog was never the same after seeing all that. Listless, drank heavily ... pissed all over the place, just didn't care.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
@@gotohell7795 You are right. And yes, his name was Highball.
From what I recently read at the autopsy of each of these seven men, John May had half of his face shot off ... This isn't exactly shown in the movie either ... Fortunately, because it would have been horrible to see.
That was done by the shotgun blasts afterwards.
Two of the victims were additionally shot with shotgun blasts, as you see after the machine gun volley. According to the history of the event, the two were John May and James Clark. Apparently, the plan was to use the shotguns to finish off any victim who appeared to still be breathing (by shooting them in the face/head).
@@57highland They must have finished Fran Gusenberg that way. He was still breathing and will be for some three hours.
@@vanesamontacuto8916 14 bullet holes in him, I believe all .45 from the Thompson.
Is it bad that I’m more saddened by seeing the crying dog
This wasn’t nearly as bloody as it would’ve been
That is very true. Usually Hollywood makes it worse, but this case was so bad that they actually toned it down.
You are right. Just see the photos of the massacre. They are AWFUL.
They had to stay within a Certain Rating for this Movie.