Dillinger is a 1973 gangster film which shows evidence of being strongly influenced by the films of Sam Peckinpah, as well as borrowing cinematically from the Warren Beatty vehicle, Bonnie and Clyde. It stars Warren Oates as the violent gangster John Dillinger in Depression Era America and Ben Johnson as his pursuer, FBI Agent Melvin Purvis. The movie, narrated by Purvis, chronicles the last few years of Dillinger's life (depicted as a matter of months) as the FBI and law enforcement closed in. The movie features unapologetic and largely unromanticized depictions of the principle characters, allowing for character depth and development which is rarely seen in the "shoot-em-up" genre. The compelling performances and clever script created a film which, over time, has transcended its B-movie production values. It was written and directed by John Milius for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. Retired FBI Agent Clarence Hurt, one of the agents who actually shot it out with Dillinger, was the film's technical advisor. // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as—in metonymy—the field in general. ... David Samuel Sam Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director. ... Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937), now known as Warren Beatty, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde clowning. ... Warren Oates (July 5, 1928 - April 3, 1982) was an American character actor. ... John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized him as a latter-day Robin Hood. ... The Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ... There have been several people called Ben Johnson or Jonson: Ben Jonson (1572-1637; Elizabethan dramatist, poet & actor) Ben Johnson (c. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Melvin Purvis (1903 - 1960) was a U.S. lawman and FBI agent. ... Writing is the process of inscribing characters on a medium, with the intention of forming words and other larger language constructs. ... In mathematics, a directed set is a set A together with a binary relation ≤ having the following properties: a ≤ a for all a in A (reflexivity) if a ≤ b and b ≤ c, then a ≤ c (transitivity) for any two a and b in A, there... Image:Milius. ... Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American producer and director of low-budget films. ... // New World Communications Company Info •This company no longer exists. ...

CAST

John Dillinger - Warren Oates

Homer Van Meter - Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Pierpoint - Geoffrey Lewis

Pretty Boy Floyd - Steve Kanaly

Baby Face Nelson - Richard Dreyfuss

Reed Youngblood - Frank McRae

Melvin Purvis - Ben Johnson

Billy Frechette - Michelle Phillips

Anna Sage, "The Lady in Red" - Cloris Leachman

J. Edgar Hoover - J. Edgar Hoover</nowiki>

External links

• Dillinger at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.geocities.com/mustavapint -- On the 'Gangsters' Page check out a more in depth look at Warren Oates interpretation of Dillinger and how much the film version relates to the true story.]

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