Pretty Boy Floyd is a 1960 biographical film based on the career of the notorious 1930s outlaw Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. An outlaw or bandit is a person living the lifestyle of outlawry; the word literally means "outside the Law " by folk-etymology from the original Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd ( February 3, 1904 &ndash October 22, 1934) was an American bank robber
The film was an independent production, written and directed by Herbert J. Leder and produced by Monroe Sachson. Herbert J Leder (1922–1983 was a college professor at Jersey City State College of the Media Ecology Department. The role of Pretty Boy Floyd was played by John Ericson and the rest of the cast included Barry Newman, Joan Harvey, Carl York, Phil Kenneally and a young Peter Falk in a minor role. John Ericson (sometimes Erickson) born John Meibes ( September 25, 1926) in Düsseldorf, Germany, is an Actor Barry Foster Newman (born November 7 1938) is an American actor perhaps best known for the character "Kowalski" in the cult classic film Peter Michael Falk (born September 16 1927 is a two-time Academy Award -nominated five-time Emmy Award -winning and one-time Golden Globe award -winning