Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. The film stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff and Stephen Lang.
It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34.
Plot[]
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's (Johnny Depp) charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Cast[]
- Johnny Depp as John Dillinger
- Christian Bale as FBI Special Agent Melvin Purvis.
- Marion Cotillard as Billie Frechette
- Billy Crudup as J. Edgar Hoover
- Stephen Dorff as Homer Van Meter
- Stephen Lang as
- Michael Bentt as Herbert Youngblood
- Stephen Graham as Baby Face Nelson
- Jason Clarke as Red Hamilton
- David Wenham as Harry Pierpont
- Spencer Garrett as Tommy Carroll
- Christian Stolte as Charles Makley
- Giovanni Ribisi as Alvin Karpis