Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the FBI after a string of armed bank robberies during the Great Depression. When Dillinger's attacks on banks threaten to make him a dangerous folk hero, the pressure mounts on the FBI – even from the White House – for his capture.
Acting
Mark Harmon trying desperately to seem dangerous.
Costume
Depression-era suits that scream 'rented from Paramount'.
Director
Rupert Wainwright
Mark Harmon
John Dillinger
Sherilyn Fenn
Billie Frechette
Will Patton
Melvin Purvis
Bruce Abbott
Harry Pierpont
Tom Bower
Captain Matt Leach
Patricia Arquette
Polly Hamilton
Xander Berkeley
Harry Copeland
Yvonne Suhor
Jacqueline
John Philbin
Hamilton
Amy Yasbeck
Elaine
David Neidorf
Clark
Vince Edwards
J. Edgar Hoover
Lawrence Tierney
Sheriff Sarber
Joe Guzaldo
Sam Cowley
Michael Krawic
Eddie Green
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark Harmon took this role right between his St. Elsewhere era and becoming TV's most dependable dad on NCIS.
This aired on TV months before JFK revived the Depression gangster craze, making it a weird footnote to the 90s crime boom.
US
