Dillinger (1973)

R07/20/1973Action, Crime, Drama1h 47m
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The Best Damn Bank Robber in the World!

Overview

After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.

Top Billed Cast

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    Warren Oates

    John Dillinger

  2. Cast 1

    Ben Johnson

    Melvin Purvis

  3. Cast 1

    Michelle Phillips

    Billie Frechette

  4. Cast 1

    Cloris Leachman

    Anna Sage

  5. Cast 1

    Harry Dean Stanton

    Homer Van Meter

  6. Cast 1

    Geoffrey Lewis

    Harry Pierpont

  7. Cast 1

    John P. Ryan

    Charles Mackley

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    Richard Dreyfuss

    Baby Face Nelson

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    John Martino

    Eddie Martin

Warren Oates walks like bank robber John Dillinger, he talks like Dillinger, he shoots like Dillinger, and he is one of the best things about "Dillinger." John Milius wrote and directed this 1973 action packed biopic about the infamous bank robber. It acknowledges Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" a couple of times, but Milius' script is not as good as the eye-wow he shows us. The story may be familiar, it has been told on dozens of true crime documentaries. John Dillinger and his gang terrorized the Midwest with violent bank robberies. He was captured in Arizona, brought back to Indiana, and e...