Public Enemies

(USA, 100 mins)

Producers: Kevin Misher, Michael Mann
Screenwriters: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman
Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti
Editors: Jeffrey Ford, Paul Rubell
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke, Rory Cochran, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang, John Ortiz, Giovanni Ribisi, David Wenham, John Michael Bolger, Bill Camp, Matt Craven, Emilie De Ravin, Don Frye, Spencer Garrett, Shawn Hatosy, Peter Gerety, Stephen Graham, John Hoogenakker, Branka Katic,Domenick Lombardozzi, David Warshofsky
Music: Elliot Goldenthal

• Trailer

In Public Enemies, Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger, the charismatic bank robber whose raids made him the No. 1 target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis, and a folk hero to much of the public.

No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to his girlfriend Billie Frechette and a public who had no sympathy for 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, Hoover hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his bureau into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy No. 1 and sent in 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 and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous “Lady in Red’’ to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI, and their crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

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