Seven Against the Wall

Seven Against the Wall is an episode of the American anthology series Playhouse 90. It was about the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.
Cast
Paul Lambert as Al Capone
Dennis Patrick as "Bugs" Moran
Frank Silvera as Nick Serrello
Paul Stevens as Jack McGurn
Dennis Cross as Pete Gusenberg
Barry Cahill as Frank Gusenberg
Richard Carlyle as Dr. Schwimmer
Al Ruscio as Albert Weinshank
George Keymas as James Clark
Milton Frome  as Adam Heyer
Wayne Heffley as John May
 Nesdon Booth as Michael Heitler
Joe de Santis as Charles Fischetti
Tige Andrews as Frank Nitti
 Lewis Charles as Jacob Gusik
Paul Burke as Paul Salvanti
Don Gordon as Bobo Borotta

Production
The show was based on a book by Howard Browne.
Reception
The Los Angeles Times called it "a serviceable documentary" with "some extremely effecitve moments."

The show was very popular and John Houseman claimed it helped revive the popularity of gangster films. "There hadn't been a real Al Capone gangster film for a long time and this brought them back again, both at the cinema and on television," he said.

Howard Browne later wrote other film versions of the story, including The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) and Capone'' (1975).

Lawsuit
Industrialist Titus Haffa sued the show's makers for $10 million for libel and defamation complaining the show showed a headline "Titus Haffa gets two years" associating him with crime. Haff later issued a second complaint. A person called Abe Bernstein also sued claiming the show said "Abe Bernstein" was head of The Purple Gang.

References

External links
Seven Against the Wall at IMDb
Seven Against the Wall at Paley Centre

Category:1958 American television episodes