|  Avg. User Rating: 117 ratings R,2hrs 23min Distributor:Universal Studios
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| In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann
directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award(r) winner Marion Cotillard
in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)-the
charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of
J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a
folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger and
his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks
endeared him to almost everyone-from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard)
to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the
country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang-later
including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis
(Giovanni Ribisi)-thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of
exploiting the outlaw's capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation
into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger
America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing "Clark
Gable of the FBI." However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned
Purvis' men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of
Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic
betrayals-from the infamous "Lady in Red'' to the Chicago crime boss Frank
Nitti-were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on
Dillinger.
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