Dillinger (1974)

103 min · Action, Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, heist film

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Directors

John Milius

Cast

Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, John P. Ryan, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, John Martino

The story

During the Great Depression, various bank robbers and other outlaws have become folk heroes due to public distrust of financial institutions and the law. Following the Kansas City Massacre in June 1933 in which several law enforcement offers were killed brazenly in broad daylight, FBI field office chief Melvin Purvis decides to personally hunt down the men he deems responsible: Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Lester "Baby Face" Nelson, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, "Handsome" Jack Klutas, Wilbur "Mad Dog" Underhill and John Dillinger. During a meeting with fellow FBI agent Samuel Cowley, Purvis makes it clear that he seeks personal…

Catalogue themes and tags

1930s, Accomplice, Advancement, Bankeinbruch, Delinquency, Enquiry, FBI-Agentin, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Flucht aus dem Gefängnis, Gangsterboss, Gaunerpaar, Gefangennahme, Gefängnis, Gewalt, Gunfight, Kampf um Existens, Kansas, Kriminalfälle, Leader, Police, Polizeibeamter, Prosecution, Resistance, Rise and Fall, Shadowing, Shootout, Verbrecherbande, Verbrecherin, berühmt

Genres

Action, Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, heist film

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