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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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Eduardo Ciannelli
- Marco Minelli
- (as Eduardo Cianelli)
Elsa Janssen
- Mrs. Otto
- (as Else Jannsen)
Ludwig Stössel
- Mr. Otto
- (as Ludwig Stossel)
Fred Aldrich
- Convict in Prison Cafeteria
- (uncredited)
Sam Balter
- Newsreel Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
- Watchman
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Restaurant Customer
- (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
- Bank President
- (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
- Man in Bar
- (uncredited)
Terry Frost
- Federal Agent Who Shoots Dillinger
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
- Armored Car Guard
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Philip Yordan
- William Castle(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaMany conservative social and religious groups demanded that the film be withdrawn or banned outright because of what they considered its "brutal and sensational" subject matter. The Chicago Censorship Board banned the film from being shown in Chicago for two years. The film finally opened on May 30, 1947, at the Oriental Theater in downtown Chicago and at the Biograph Theater on the north side, where the real John Dillinger had just seen a movie--Manhattan Melodrama (1934)--the night he was ambushed and shot dead by the FBI..
- GoofsDillinger's first crime wave in the state of Indiana shows a map of western Los Angeles County. The towns of El Segundo and Hawthorne are easily readable on the map.
- Quotes
Helen Rogers: Who lives here?
John Dillinger: What do you care?
Helen Rogers: Well, I just like to know where I am.
John Dillinger: You're with me.
- ConnectionsEdited from Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Featured review
Dillinger (1945) ***
Although it would have been much more appropriate as part of a subsequent Gangster DVD Collection from Warners (rather than the Film Noir in which it was included), DILLINGER is a solid B flick buoyed by a fast pace, a bevy of familiar character actors (Edmund Lowe, Eduardo Cianelli, Marc Lawrence, Elisha Cook Jr.) and a terrific turn by Lawrence Tierney in the title role. Although John Milius' 1973 remake is much more factual and despite an over-reliance on stock footage from bigger-budgeted films - like Fritz Lang's YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937) - the film is also notable for an unusual narrative structure for this type of film in that the events are "told" to a theater audience by John Dillinger's father as a warning against the perils of living life on the wrong side of the tracks! This film also proved to be Monogram's most prestigious production as Philip Yordan received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay!
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- Bunuel1976
- Feb 11, 2006
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- Budget
- $193,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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