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John MiliusScreenplay:
John MiliusCinematography:
Jules BrennerComposer:
Barry De VorzonCast:
Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, John P. Ryan, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, Frank McRae (more)VOD (1)
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Milius presents John Dillinger as an almost mythical figure, tracing the rise and fall of the depression era’s Public Enemy Number One as he takes on the banks and the G-men, led by the infamous Melvin Purvis. Starring Sam Peckinpah favourites Warren Oates and Ben Johnson as Dillinger and Purvis, and with a supporting cast including Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, Dillinger is a top-drawer gangster picture: explosive, stylish and hugely entertaining. (Arrow Films)
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John Milius made a good film, but considering it came after movies like Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands, it wasn't quite as strong, even though Dillinger does have some pretty good violent scenes where every now and then you feel like the actor really sells it. Otherwise, as I mentioned, there were other very similar films before it.
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