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Dillinger
“The Best Damn Bank Robber in the World!”
6.6 / 10• 1973• 1h 47m•R• English
ActionCrimeDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Warren Oates
John Dillinger
Lead
Ben Johnson
Melvin Purvis
Michelle Phillips
Billie Frechette
Cloris Leachman
Anna Sage
Harry Dean Stanton
Homer Van Meter
Geoffrey Lewis
Harry Pierpont
John P. Ryan
Charles Mackley
Richard Dreyfuss
Baby Face Nelson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Milius's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dillinger is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
