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Jul 1, 2009 · Public Enemies: Directed by Michael Mann. With Christian Bale, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke, Johnny Depp. The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
- Michael Mann
- 3 min
Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough 's 2004 non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34.
- $80–100 million
- Michael Mann, Kevin Misher
Jul 1, 2009 · Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's (Johnny Depp) charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup ...
- (20.4K)
- Michael Mann
- R
- Johnny Depp
Tracing the car, he leads a failed ambush at a hotel where he believes Dillinger is staying. One agent, Warren Barton, is gunned down by trigger-happy Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham), who then escapes after a shootout. The next day, Dillinger, Pierpont and Makley walk into another bank, wearing overcoats to hide their guns.
Jun 29, 2009 · Michael Mann 's "Public Enemies" accepts that stark fact and refuses any temptation to soften it. Dillinger was not a nice man. Here is a film that shrugs off the way we depend on myth to sentimentalize our outlaws. There is no interest here about John Dillinger's childhood, his psychology, his sexuality, his famous charm, his Robin Hood legend.
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