"Shoot Dillinger and we will figure out a way to make it legal."John Dillinger (Warren Oates) is a bank robber in depression era America. After five FBI agents are killed by Dillinger's gang, the Bureau and in particular agent Mel Purvis (Ben Johnson) target him and attempt to hunt him down. Whilst they wait for Dillinger to make a mistake Purvis takes out several other mobsters, but Dillinger's exploits are making him and his gang folk heroes, which makes life difficult for Purvis.
The fictionalised account of the last days of the real life bank robber John Dillinger, but the film focuses on and is as much about Melvin Purvis as Dillinger, and his dogged pursuit of gangsters. This manages to provide action, whilst also giving some insight into the personalities and motivations of the main characters. How true these depictions are to real life is open to some debate, but it makes for fine entertainment.
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