Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1
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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.
- Released
- 1934
Details
Release year: 1934
Storyline
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.
Top credits
Writers
Cast
See all 3 credits →- John Dillinger — Self
- Melvin Purvis — Self