Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

Name: Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1
Released: 1934
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis

Movie 1934-11-01 20m

★ 7.5 / 10 · 2 votes

Propagandic newsreel commissioned by J. Edgar Hoover to make the FBI's killing of John Dillinger seem more heroic, after a public outcry complained that the government's shooting a man in the back while leaving a movie theatre was cowardly.

Status

Released

1934-11-01

Runtime

20m

Links

IMDb, Letterboxd

Cast

John Dillinger

Melvin Purvis

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