Public Enemies (2009 film)
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Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime film directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's 2004 non-fi
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Cotillard at the film's Paris premiere
The Biograph Theater and (adjoining businesses) redressed for the film.
Farmer's & Merchants Bank, redressed for the film.
Melvin Purvis
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Melvin Horace Purvis II was an FBI agent who was instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. In his later military career, he was directly involved with General
Public Enemies (2009 film)
…during the Great Depression, the film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), Dillinger's relationship with Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard), as well as Purvis' pursuit of Dillinger's associates and fellow…
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FBI Special Agent Jay C. Newman, wounded in the line of duty by Baby Face Nelson