Dillinger
Summary:
John Milius's first directorial effort in its own small way set the stage in the 1970s for a subgenre of action films that depict a nostalgia for historical figures tinged with a hard-edged skepticism. Warren Oates stars as John Dillinger, whose short-lived career as Public Enemy No.1 was, at least according to Milius, promoted by Dillinger with a self-absorbed boosterism, comfo... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Warren Oates - (John Dillinger)
Ben Johnson - (Melvin Purvis)
Michelle Phillips - (Billie Frechette)
Cloris Leachman - (Anna Sage)
Harry Dean Stanton - (Homer Van Meter)
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Review:
Of the rash of Depression-era gangster films that followed in the wake of Bonnie and Clyde, the best found something new to do with the genre. However accidental Arthur Penn's revival of the gangster film, John Milius' directorial debut seems like an intentional attempt to have the last word, portraying gangster life as violent, unpleasant... Continue >>
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