Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys, Edmund Lowe
Jean-Luc Godard dedicated his first film, Breathless, to Monogram Pictures, and Dillinger (1945) was probably the main reason why. Short and brutal, like the Depression outlaw's brashly ...( read more
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made only 10 years after dillinger's death, it's concise if not always factual. lawrence tierney is menacing in his film debut
Moves along quickly. Concise and doesn't mess around with a lot of extraneous characters or occurrences. Anne Jeffreys doesn't have a very deep part as Dillinger's moll. The main conflict comes from within the gang as Dillinger's old mentor betrays him when Dillinger takes mor...( read more)
the flick which prompts lawrence tierney's overnight fame as the hard-boiled tough guy. now he incarnates into the 30s gritty bankrobber john dilinger to heaten up the silver screen.
the story starts off with one trivial event which triggers him into robbing a grocery store on...( read more)
I would rate this one slightly higher than the Warren Oates 1973 version. This was a huge hit at the time. It's a "B" picture that defies it's budget, looks great. Very well acted, very very nice direction. Great story.
The first official film made on John Dillinger, Public Enemy #1. Although, I am reading that the smoke bomb bank robbery scene was actually spliced in directly from the 1937 film "You Only Live Once".
So we are told a short and brief story of Dillinger, in only 70 mins. A very ...( read more)
Petit film de gangster à faible budget dressant un portrait exagérément sombre de John Dillinger, criminel notoire des années 30. Si ce film est peu recommandable à qui chercherait à se documenter sur le personnage, il demeure honnête dans sa volonté de divertir et présente Lawre...( read more)
Not at all impressed, some nice framing but otherwise, the narrative thread of th eplot becomes mishmashed like a bowl of potoatos, and after a while, aI just don't care for what's happening or the people.
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