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. 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.

Cast

Warren Oates

Warren Oates

as John Dillinger

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

as Melvin Purvis

Michelle Phillips

Michelle Phillips

as Billie Frechette

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

as Anna Sage

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

as Homer Van Meter

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

as Harry Pierpont

John P. Ryan

John P. Ryan

as Charles Mackley

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

as Baby Face Nelson

John Martino

John Martino

as Eddie Martin

Roy Jenson

Roy Jenson

as Samuel Cowley

Reviews

Charles Tatum

Warren Oates walks like bank robber John Dillinger, he talks like Dillinger, he shoots like Dillinger, and he is one of the best things about "Dillinger." John Milius wrote and directed this 1973 action packed biopic about the infamous bank robber. It acknowledges Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" a ...

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