Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

Name: Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1
Released: 1934-11-01
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis

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Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

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1934-11-01

Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

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.

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John Dillinger

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Melvin Purvis