SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934



       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) NOVEMBER 20, 2002

                       AMERICAN LOCKER GROUP INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



     DELAWARE                        0-439                      16-0338330
  (State or other                 (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
  jurisdiction of                 File Number)              Identification No.)
   incorporation)



            608 ALLEN STREET, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK        14701
          (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)


   Registrant's telephone number, including area code   716-664-9600



         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)






Item 5.

          On November 20, 2002,  American Locker Group Incorporated  repurchased
370,000 shares of its common stock for $10.10 per share. The purchase  consisted
of the  purchase of 275,000  shares of common stock from the Estate of Harold J.
Ruttenberg  and 95,000  shares of common  stock from the Estate of  Katherine M.
Ruttenberg  The  purchase  reduces the  Company's  total  shares of common stock
outstanding to 1,514,146.

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

          99.1     Press release dated November 20, 2002







     Pursuant to the  requirement  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized

                                           American Locker Group Incorporated

NOVEMBER 20, 2002
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   (Date)                                  /S/EDWARD F. RUTTENBERG
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                                           Edward F. Ruttenberg
                                           Chairman  and Chief Executive Officer







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Exhibit

  99.1  Press release dated November 20, 2002






                                  Exhibit 99.1


                                  PRESS RELEASE