Dillinger and Capone

Dillinger and Capone

R 1995 · 95 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

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 gives the real Dillinger an offer he can't refuse: rob millions from a secluded vault or watch his wife and child get whacked.

Directed by Jon Purdy · Written by Michael B. Druxman

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