Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

Name: Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1
Released: 1934-11-01
Duration: 20 min

20m

1934

Rate

NA/10 avg

Overview Discussion

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.

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
JJohn DillingerNot listed	Not listed
MMelvin PurvisNot listed	Not listed