John Dillinger (I) (1903–1934) + Add or change photo on IMDbPro » One of the most famous bank robbers in history, he was born John Herbert Dillinger on June 22, 1903, to a grocery store owner named John Wilson Dillinger and his wife Mollie (the family also included an older sister, Audrey). John Dillinger: Ben Johnson ... Melvin Purvis: Michelle Phillips ... Billie Frechette: Cloris Leachman ... Anna Sage: Harry Dean Stanton ... Homer Van Meter: Geoffrey Lewis ... Harry Pierpont: John P. … looked the part. In this movie we get to follow John Dillinger as he travels around the MidWest robbing backs and becoming a celebrity. Buy movie tickets in advance, find movie times, watch trailers, read movie reviews, and more at Fandango. Directed by Michael Mann. John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down. John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies. There was only fault, albeit a big one: Mark Harmon as Dillinger just wasn't quite believable. His violent life of crime made headline news in the thirties, an he robbed banks across the midwest. The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. Directed by Max Nosseck. He's too much of a pretty boy to be a hard-nosed criminal like John Dillinger. Warren Oates and Lawrence Tierney, the other guys who played the role. Directed by Michael Mann. With Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman. With Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke. A folk hero of sorts, dillinger was caught in a whirl of machine guns, fast cars and beautiful women. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Dillinger (1991) near you. Read the Dillinger movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies.com. Even though there was no nudity, it's fairly steamy for a made-for-TV movie. Milius is the hot young screenwriter whose credits to date include "Jeremiah Johnson" and "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. But it came to a bloody end in 1934 when the FBI gunned him down. Cast Mark Harmon John Dillinger Sherilyn Fenn Billie Will Patton Purvis Patricia Arquette "Dillinger" is the film, we may speculate, that John Milius was born to make: violent, tough, filled with guns and blood. With Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke. Early life Family and background. Find movie and film cast and crew information for Dillinger (1973) - John Milius on AllMovie Directed by Jon Purdy. With Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli. It is hard to watch this movie and not compare it to the Johnny Depp/Christain Bale Public Enemies Dillinger movie. With Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks. The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. July 22, 1934 - outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, a barrage of FBI bullets brings down John Dillinger. Directed by John Milius. John Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the younger of two children born to John Wilson Dillinger (1864–1943) and Mary Ellen "Mollie" Lancaster (1860–1907). John Milius's Dillinger is a somewhat of a romanticized retelling of criminal John Dillinger's exploits. John P. Friday ... rigging gaffer (as John Friday) Zachary Gannaway ... second assistant camera: second unit Lonnie S. Gatlin ... best boy electric (as Lonnie Gatlin) Bob Gomez ... rigging grip (as … As the body of Public Enemy Number one crumbles to the ground, one of the strangest, most riveting stories in the history of crime begins to unfold. Hot on his trail is Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson). "And if we may believe published reports, his contracts all specify that he be provided with a rare and expensive rifle in addition to his salary. True-life story of gangster John Dillinger.