Red Crown Tourist Court

The Red Crown Tavern and Red Crown Tourist Court in Platte County, Missouri, was the site of a July 20, 1933, gun battle between lawmen and outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and three members of their gang. The outlaws made their escape, and were tracked down and cornered four days later near Dexter, Iowa, and engaged by another posse. The shootout was depicted in Arthur Penn's 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, though the sign on the motel in the movie reads "Platte City, Iowa", not Missouri.

Built in 1931 by Parkville, Missouri, banker and developer Emmett Breen at the junction of US 71 and Missouri State Route 35, now Cookingham Drive - Former Missouri Route 291, the red brick and tile tavern included a popular restaurant and ballroom. Back behind the tavern was the tourist court— two small cabins connected by two garages. The site is just northeast of the main Kansas City International Airport exit off I-29. Today it is within the city limits of Kansas City. An Interstate entrance ramp runs almost squarely through the property.

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