The screenplay by Philip Yordan was nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Academy Award. Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 - March 24, 2003) was a popular and talented screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
Lawrence Tierney is to heavies as Marilyn Monroe is to bombshells and Casablanca is to the movies themselves--that is to say, a conglomerate of all that have ever existed.
Tierney's Dillinger is unlikeable and dumb, which is a retroactive watering-down of his monstrous and slightly senile Joe from Reservoir Dogs.
John Dillinger's bank robberies of the 1930s are a ripe topic in that the public wasn't terribly outraged by them.
Dillinger, Oscar-nominated for its screenplay, is the bullet-paced story of the man whose crimes captivated and terrified the nation.
How much of Dillinger connects with historical reality remains to be seen, but frankly, I cant say this issue matters much to me. 1973s Dillinger almost certainly presents a more accurate portrayal of the gangsters life, but it lacks many other positive attributes.
Dillinger appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
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