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John  Dillinger
[1903-1934]

"All my life I wanted to be a bank robber. Carry a gun and wear a mask. Now that it's happened
I guess I'm just about the best bank robber they ever had. And I sure am happy."
— John Dillinger

John Dillinger entry at Wikipedia
John Dillinger catalog at Amazon

Movies About John Dillinger
John Dillinger credits [1934] at Internet Movie Database
John Dillinger character credits [1945-2009] at Internet Movie Database

"Dillinger:  Public  Enemy  No. 1"
[Midland 1934]

documentary film featuring John Dillinger & F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis video/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb movie poster available in 3 sizes at AllPosters.com

"Dillinger" [Monogram March 1945]

Tracks John Dillinger's career from petty criminal to prison to 'Public Enemy #1' and his death in Chicago at the hands of F.B.I. agents. Directed by Max Nosseck; written by Philip Yordan & William Castle; music by Dimitri Tiomkin; introducing Lawrence Tierney as John Dillinger, featuring Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli, Marc Lawrence & Elisha Cook Jr.; Oscar nomination for Best Original Script Warner b&w DVD [7/2005] for $17.99 Fox b&w VHS [5/93] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb

"Young Dillinger" [Allied Artists Pictures April 1965]

Young John Dillinger goes to jail after helping his girlfriend rob her father; he meets 'Baby Face' Nelson and 'Pretty Boy' Floyd and the three escape jail and begin a crime spree that brings in agents of the F.B.I. Directed by Terry O. Morse; starring Nick Adams {as Dillinger}, Robert Conrad {as Floyd}, John Ashley {as Nelson}, Dan Terranova, Mary Ann Mobley, Victor Buono, Anthony Caruso, Reed Hadley & Art Baker 14"x36" half-sheet poster available from Amazon for $17.99 17"x11" lobbycard poster (as at left) from Amazon for $5.79 video/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Dillinger" [A.I.P. July 1973]

After a shootout that kills five F.B.I. agents, bank robber John Dillinger becomes 'Public Enemy #1' and joins up with Pretty Boy Floyd & Baby Face Nelson, and the crime spree and the manhunt both escalate. Written & directed by John Milius; starring Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis & Richard Dreyfuss MGM/UA widescreen DVD [7/2002] for $13.46 Goodtimes VHS [11/95] for $7.95 full credits from IMDb

"Dillinger" TV movie [Wolper/Warner Bros./ABC-TV Jan 1991]

Filmed in Wisconsin; based on real events, has you rooting for the bad guy anyway. Exec produced by David L. Wolper; directed by Rupert Wainwright; starring Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Patricia Arquette, Vince Edwards, Lawrence Tierney & Kurt Naebig DVD/Blu-ray not available • Warner Home Video color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb

"Dillinger and Capone"
[Concorde-New Horizons video release June 1995]

The F.B.I. shoot doen the wrong Dillinger, killing John's brother. John goes into hiding until Al Capone discovers he is still alive and then kidnaps Dillinger's wife & son to force Dillinger to rob one more bank, where Capone has millions stashed. Exec produced by Roger Corman; directed by Jon Purdy; starring Martin Sheen {as John Dillinger}, F. Murray Abraham {as Al Capone}, Christopher Kriesa, Joe Estevez, Clint Howard & Bert Remsen New Concorde color DVD [4/2002] for $6.09 New Concorde color VHS [10/96] for $7.99 full credits at IMDb

"American Experience: Public Enemy Number 1"
[WGBH-TV/P.B.S Feb 2002]

Hour-long TV documentary co-produced, written & directed by Ben Loeterman; narrated by Keith Carradine; featuring archive footage of John Dillinger, Jean Harlow, J. Edgar Hoover & Melvin Purvis P.B.S. Home Video b&w/color DVD [10/2006] for $29.09 full credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official movie site

"The Dillinger Conspiracy"
[Morningstar/Discovery Channel March 2006]

For 13 violent months prior to his death, Dillinger and his gang swept thru the American Midwest in a crime wave unparalleled in modern history; 50-minute docudrama directed by Michael S. Ojeda; narrated by Travis Davis Morningstar color DVD [8/2009] for $16.69 full credits at IMDb • producer's online trailer [1:30]

"Biography: John Dillinger" [A&E Biography 2008?]

Hosted by Peter Graves, narrated by John Drummond; featuring archive footage of John Dillinger & J. Edgar Hoover, with Joe Pinkston {owner of the Dillinger Museum} & biographer William Helmer A&E / Towers Prodns b&w/color DVD-R [12/2008] for $24.95 A&E b&w/color DVD-R [12/2009] for $25.01 full credits at IMDb • A&E official movie site

"Public Enemies"  [Tribeca/Universal July 2009]

After five Federal agents are killed in a gunfight during a booming crime wave in the 1930s, the F.B.I. vows to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Co-exec produced by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal; co-written, co-produced & directed by Michael Mann; based on the book by Bryan Burrough; starring Johnny Depp {as Dillinger}, Channing Tatum {as Floyd}, Stephen Graham {as Nelson}, Billy Crudup, Giovanni Ribisi, Leelee Sobieski, Emilie de Ravin, Marion Cotillard & Lili Taylor Universal Studios Special Edition widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2009] 2 disks for $19.99 Universal Studios Special Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2009] 2 disks for $22.99 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2009] for $15.99 Decca soundtrack CD [6/2009] 16 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

"Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and The Birth of The F.B.I., 1933-34" [2004 NY Times bestseller] by Bryan Burrough Penguin movie tie-in 8¼x5½ pb [4/2009] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/used

Books About John Dillinger

"Dillinger, The Hidden Truth: A Tribute To Gangsters and G-Men of The Great Depression Era" [2002] by Tony Stewart
http://www.amazon.com/DILLINGER-Hidden-Truth-Gangsters-Depression/dp/1401053726/
http://www.amazon.com/DILLINGER-Hidden-Truth-Tony-Stewart/dp/1401053734/

"John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal (May 2005) by Dary Matera
http://www.amazon.com/John-Dillinger-Americas-Celebrity-Criminal/dp/0786715588/
http://www.amazon.com/John-Dillinger-America-Celebrity-Criminal/dp/B002CKF74U/

L i n k s

John Dillinger entry at Wikipedia
John Dillinger catalog at Amazon

Indianapolis Star newsphoto archive
FBI pages
'John Dillinger Scrapbook' fansite
PBS 'American Experience' bio

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