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Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. The film was directed by Max Nosseck. Dillinger was the first major film to star Lawrence Tierney. The B-movie was shot in black and white and features a smoke-bomb bank robbery edited into the film from the 1937 Fritz Lang film You Only Live Once.
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After several more robberies, John is ready to carry out his escape plan, which involves sneaking a barrel filled with firearms to the gang while they are on quarry duty. Once armed, the gangsters shoot their way to freedom and, with John, commit a series of bank robberies in the Midwest.
- Max Nosseck, Leon Charles, Frank Fox
- Lawrence Tierney
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
John Dillinger's (Lawrence Tierney) crime spree ends in 1934 when the lady in red (Anne Jeffreys) shows the FBI where he is.
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- Lawrence Tierney
- Max Nosseck
- Crime, Drama
John Dillinger (Lawrence Tierney) was an Indiana farm boy who had a thirst for cash, once realising where the cash was, Dillinger rose to become the 1930s public enemy number 1. This portrayal of a man who not only terrified the public, but also captivated them wholesale, benefits from an excellent screenplay courtesy of Philip Yordan.
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Dillinger is a mostly routine gangster film with a few nifty touches, as with the slow way vicious John Dillinger (Lawrence Tierney) takes over the gang of bank robbers led by his gentlemanly mentor, Specs Green (Edmund Lowe).
