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Movies

"Dillinger:  Public  Enemy  No. 1"
[Midland 1934]

documentary film featuring John Dillinger & F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis video/DVD not available • credits at IMDb 11"x17" movie poster available at AllPosters.com

"Dillinger" [Monogram March 1945]

Tracks John Dillinger's career from petty criminal to prison to 'Public Enemy #1' and his death in Chicago at the hands of F.B.I. agents. Directed by Max Nosseck; written by Philip Yordan & William Castle; music by Dimitri Tiomkin; introducing Lawrence Tierney as John Dillinger, featuring Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli, Marc Lawrence & Elisha Cook Jr.; Oscar nomination for Best Original Script Warner b&w DVD [7/2005] for $17.99 Fox b&w VHS [5/93] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb

"Dillinger" [A.I.P. July 1973]

After a shootout that kills five F.B.I. agents, bank robber John Dillinger becomes 'Public Enemy #1' and joins up with Pretty Boy Floyd & Baby Face Nelson, and the crime spree and the manhunt both escalate. Written & directed by John Milius; starring Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis & Richard Dreyfuss MGM/UA widescreen DVD [7/2002] for $13.46 Goodtimes VHS [11/95] for $7.95 full credits from IMDb

"Public  Enemies"  [Tribeca/Universal July 2009]

After five Federal agents are killed in a gunfight during a booming crime wave in the 1930s, the F.B.I. vows to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Co-exec produced by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal; co-written, co-produced & directed by Michael Mann; based on the book by Bryan Burrough; starring Johnny Depp {as Dillinger}, Channing Tatum {as Floyd}, Stephen Graham {as Nelson}, Billy Crudup, Giovanni Ribisi, Leelee Sobieski, Emilie de Ravin, Marion Cotillard & Lili Taylor Universal Studios Special Edition widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2009] 2 disks for $19.99 Universal Studios Special Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2009] 2 disks for $22.99 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2009] for $15.99 Decca soundtrack CD [6/2009] 16 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

"Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and The Birth of The F.B.I., 1933-34" [2004 NY Times bestseller] by Bryan Burrough Penguin movie tie-in 8¼x5½ pb [4/2009] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/used

Links

Indianapolis Star newsphoto archive
FBI pages
'John Dillinger Scrapbook' fansite
PBS 'American Experience' bio

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