Public Enemies

Director: Michael Mann
Writers (WGA): Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann

Genre: Crime Drama History Thriller

Runtime: 140 min

Comany: Universal Pictures

Plot: 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.

This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. Written by garykmcd
The difficult 1930s is a time of robbers who knock over banks and other rich targets with alarming frequency. Of them, none is more notorious than John Dillinger, whose gang plies its trade with cunning efficiency against big businesses while leaving ordinary citizens alone. As Dillinger becomes a folk hero, FBI head J. Edger Hoover is determined to stop his ilk by assigning ace agent Melvin Purvis to hunt down Dillinger. As Purvis struggles with the manhunt's realities, Dillinger himself faces an ominous future with the loss of friends, dwindling options and a changing world of organized crime with no room for him.

Cast:
James Russo ... Walter Dietrich
David Wenham ... Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
Christian Stolte ... Charles Makley
Jason Clarke ... John 'Red' Hamilton
Johnny Depp ... John Dillinger John Judd ... Turnkey
Stephen Dorff ... Homer Van Meter
Michael Vieau ... Ed Shouse
John Kishline ... Guard Dainard
Wesley Walker ... Jim Leslie
John Scherp ... Earl Adams
Elena Kenney ... Viola Norris
William Nero Jr. ... Farm boy
Channing Tatum ... Pretty Boy Floyd
Christian Bale ... Melvin Purvis