Public Enemies(2009)

Poster of Public Enemies

Synopsis

No one could stop John Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone-from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang-later including Baby Face Nelson and Alvin Karpis-thrilled many, J. Edgar Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Melvin Purvis, the dashing "Clark Gable of the FBI.'' However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis' men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals-from the infamous "Lady in Red'' to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti-were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.
No one could stop John Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone-from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no …
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In Theaters

  • July 1, 2009

MPAA Rating

R (for gangster violence and some language.)

Genres

Crime, Period, Adaptation, Drama

Run Time

2 hours 20 minutes

Distributors

Universal Pictures

Box Office

$97,030,728

Also Known As

  • Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Chicago, Illinois, USA

Produced In

United States

Director

Michael Mann

Director

CAST

Johnny Depp

John Dillinger

Christian Bale

Melvin Purvis

Marion Cotillard

Billie Frechette

Channing Tatum

Pretty Boy Floyd

David Wenham

Harry "Pete" Pierpont

Stephen Graham

"Baby Face" Nelson
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