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Dillinger and Capone (1995)
Director: Jon Purdy
Cast: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Catherine Hicks, Stephen Davies
Runtime95 min
RatingR
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In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. Fast-forward five years, when mobster kingpin Al Capone (F. Murray Abraham) gives the real Dillinger (Martin Sheen) an offer he can't refuse: rob millions from a secluded vault or watch his wife and child get whacked.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Dillinger and Capone is a 1995 gangster thriller directed by Jon Purdy that received mixed reviews. While it did not earn any major awards, the film has an IMDb rating of 5.4, indicating a moderate level of audience reception.
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Fans of crime dramas and powerful character studies will enjoy the gritty, cat-and-mouse dynamic between Martin Sheen's Dillinger and F. Murray Abraham's Capone in this 1995 thriller directed by Jon Purdy.
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Dillinger and Capone is a 1995 American action film directed by Jon Purdy and starring Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Oliver, Catherine Hicks, and Don Stroud. The film was screened at MystFest in Cattolica, Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. Written by Michael B. Druxman, the film is not based in real events but imagines a world in which John Dillinger is not killed at the Biograph Theater and lives on to work with Al Capone. The film was acquired by Cinemax and aired on their cable television network periodically in 1996. In 1997 the film was acquired by HBO and aired periodically on that television network.
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