Dillinger

Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. This is the first major film starring Lawrence Tierney (he's credited as "And introducing Lawrence Tierney"). The B-film was shot in black and white and features a smoke-bomb bank robbery edited into the film from the 1937 Fritz Lang film, You Only Live Once. The film was released on DVD by Warner Brothers for the Film Noir Classic Collections 2 in 2005 even though the film is generally regarded as not being film noir. Some of the film is shot at Big Bear Lake, California. Gangster film buffs will notice movie thugs Cook, Ciannelli, and Laurence appearing as part of Dillinger's gang.

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:01:19

Twice within one year,
the Dillinger mob struck at South Bend.

:01:23

This time, the Fifth National Bank.

:01:26

After brutally slugging the guards,
the armored truck was stolen.

:01:30

Months later, it was dragged
from a nearby swamp...

:01:33

...where the Dillinger mob
had dumped it.

:01:36

Needless to add, it was empty.

:01:38

Both bandits and money had vanished.

:01:46

Then began the relentless chase
to apprehend these notorious criminals.

:01:53

Dillinger's bloody trail
had led from Indiana...

:01:56

...to the northwest woods
and back again to Indiana.

:02:15

Ladies and gentlemen, you have
just seen some of the highlights...

:02:19

...during the span
of John Dillinger's life of crime.

:02:23

You will now hear from the man
you have been waiting to see.

:02:40

I'm John Dillinger's father.

:02:44

John was born in 1903 on a farm...

:02:47

...about 20 miles south
of Indianapolis, Indiana.

:02:52

He finished country school
and went to high school for a while.

:02:58

He played and worked and went swimming
just like the other boys.

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