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The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934. 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.
Events
January 15th , 1934, the Dillinger Gang rob a bank in East Chicago
January 25th , 1934, John Dillinger is captured in Tucson, Arizona
January 30th , 1934, John Dillinger is flown to Crowne Point, Indiana
March 3rd , 1934, John Dillinger escapes from prison
March 13th , 1934, John Dillinger robs a bank in Mason City, Iowa
March 16th , 1934, Herbert Youngblood is killed
April 20th , 1934, the Dillinger Gang hide out at the Little Bohemia Lodge
April 23rd , 1934, the FBI raid the Little Bohemia Lodge
July 22nd , 1934, John Dillinger is shot after watching Manhattan Melodrama at the Biograph Theater
Directed by John Milius
Starring Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman
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