The read
Scores higher than 71% of the 374 1970s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic58/100
123 audience votes
Key crew
- John MiliusDirector
- John MiliusWriter
- Barry De VorzonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Warren OatesJohn Dillinger
- Ben JohnsonMelvin Purvis
- Michelle PhillipsBillie Frechette
- Cloris LeachmanAnna Sage
- Harry Dean StantonHomer Van Meter
- Geoffrey LewisHarry Pierpont
- John P. RyanCharles Mackley
- Richard DreyfussBaby Face Nelson
- John MartinoEddie Martin
- Roy JensonSamuel Cowley
- Read MorganBig Jim Wollard
- Frank McRaeReed Youngblood
Stills
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Shares: Mob / Mafia · Mafia & Mob · Crime
Themes
prisonchicago, illinoisprostitutegangsterbank robberbiographybased on true storyhistorical figuremurderjailmobstergang
The Best Movies of 1973
Dillinger is #44 of 60
