With the dour Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, who commanded the pursuit of Dillinger.

NEWYORKER: Public Enemies

Public Enemies, the latest film about Dillinger, which hits theaters next month.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It's been 75 years since federal agents gunned down John Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, but the bank robber continues to be a provocative figure in American history.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Also posted in the Vault are hundreds of files on some of the FBI's most storied criminal cases such as Al Capone and Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger.

CNN: FBI's 'flying saucers' online memo intrigues public

Misher talked with Forbes about his search for a way to bring Dillinger to the screen, about casting big stars and how the current climate is making it tough to sell grownup movies.

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Mann and Depp have made Dillinger a gentleman thug, loyal to his friends and to his hatcheck girlfriend, Billie Frechette, played by Marion Cotillard with a combination of desperate hope and fear that is enormously appealing.

NEWYORKER: Public Enemies

Dillinger robbed banks and killed police officers.

FORBES: Being naked at home is a John Dillinger-esque crime?

Morbid fascination is the only feeling dredged up by the naked, sewn-up body of Baby Face Nelson lying on a coroner's slab (the same slab, incidentally, on which the body of John Dillinger was photographed six months earlier).

ECONOMIST: Most-wanted photography

The scowling men in long dark coats and hats, led by the severely elegant John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), march into some grand Midwestern bank, take over the place, throw the cash in bags, and make their getaway, jumping onto the running boards of flat-topped black Fords.

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