Movie Description

Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

(1934)

Overview

Propagandic newsreel commissioned by J. Edgar Hoover to make the FBI's killing of John Dillinger seem more heroic, after a public outcry complained that the government's shooting a man in the back while leaving a movie theatre was cowardly.

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Facts

Original TitleDillinger: Public Enemy No. 1

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1934-11-01

Original Language

Runtime 00h 20m