Lawrence Tierney plays Dillinger, who was America's Public Enemy Number One for a short while in the 1930s. His crime spree is documented in the film along with his demise.
The film is short and rolls along as a series of events and that is possibly its downfall. If it was a longer film, we may have got more depth in terms of character study and possibly had more time with some of the other characters. As it goes, the film is OK, there are good scenes and Tierney pulls off a menacing portrayal of a threatening gangster, whether it is a true depiction or not.
Films like this make me go onto Wikipedia and read up about the characters – always a great past-time for afterwards.
The film is short and rolls along as a series of events and that is possibly its downfall. If it was a longer film, we may have got more depth in terms of character study and possibly had more time with some of the other characters. As it goes, the film is OK, there are good scenes and Tierney pulls off a menacing portrayal of a threatening gangster, whether it is a true depiction or not.
Films like this make me go onto Wikipedia and read up about the characters – always a great past-time for afterwards.