In a nutshell John Dillinger was a notorious bank robber and prison escapee. Actor Lawrence Tierney who plays John Dillinger has a stone wall face of a real killer so it was easy to see how Director
Max Nosseck chose Tierney to play the real life bank robber and prison escapee. There is one particular scene in which Dillinger (after breaking out of jail for the second time) confronts his old prison cellmate Specs Green (Edmund Lowe) and you can just feel the tension brewing between these two alpha males, both who believe they deserve to lead the other criminals gang in their future criminal exploits.
Of course the film takes some liberties with the real life escapades of bank robber John Dillinger but for the most part we witness the main occurrences through the life and death one of the most notorious bank robbers of the roaring 1920's and 1930's.
I give the film an acceptable 6 out of 10 IMDb rating and it is worth watching to learn a bit about one of J. Edgar Hoover of the newly formed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) most wanted criminals.
Of course the film takes some liberties with the real life escapades of bank robber John Dillinger but for the most part we witness the main occurrences through the life and death one of the most notorious bank robbers of the roaring 1920's and 1930's.
I give the film an acceptable 6 out of 10 IMDb rating and it is worth watching to learn a bit about one of J. Edgar Hoover of the newly formed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) most wanted criminals.