Dillinger

About Dillinger

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.

John Milius's Dillinger is a 1973 crime film. The film is filed under gang, true crime, gunfight, and historical figure.

Warren Oates takes the lead as John Dillinger, Ben Johnson as Melvin Purvis, Michelle Phillips as Billie Frechette, and Cloris Leachman as Anna Sage. Released in July 1973, it runs 107 minutes.

The screenplay is by John Milius. The film began as real events. In the United States it streams on Artiflix, fuboTV, and MGM+ Amazon Channel.

GoodFellas, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and Black Mass make useful companions to Dillinger, all filed under biography, gangster, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 124 votes and it carries a R rating.