Public Enemies

Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann. Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 is an adaption of Bryan Burrough's nonfiction book. The film follows the final years of notorious bank robber John Dillinger. FBI Director J. Edger Hoover vows to bring him down by appointing ace agent Melvin Purvis to track him down. Dillinger confronts a gloomy future with the loss of friends, dwindling options, and a shifting world of organized crime with little space for him while Purvis battles with the manhunt's reality.

Burrough had planned to develop a television miniseries about the United States' Depression-era crime epidemic but instead opted to write a book about it. Though the film is not totally historically accurate, Mann developed the project and certain parts were filmed on location where they occurred. The film received mostly positive reviews from reviewers and made $214 million worldwide when it was released on July 1, 2009.

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Directed by: Michael Mann

Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup

Release dates: June 19, 2009 (Chicago)/July 1, 2009 (United States)
Running time: 140 minutes