Alvin Karpis: Clint Eastwood

J. Edgar Hoover Dept: - The Gazette, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1969, according to Montreal Gazette. What's not mentioned in the film, titled J. Edgar, is that Karpis was a Montrealer and alvin Karpis, an associate of the most notorious U.S. gangsters during the era of big black touring cars and Tommy guns, arrived here yesterday to start a new life. It's no surprise that director Clint Eastwood's latest film, a biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, devotes a couple of scenes to the capture of Alvin Karpis. After all, the arrest was a critical turning point in the FBI director's career. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.