Dillinger and Capone (1995)

Director:

Jon Purdy

Writer:

Michael B. Druxman (writer)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

July 22, 1934 - outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, a barrage of FBI bullets brings down John Dillinger...

Plot Keywords:

Death | 1940s | Gun | 1930s | Violence

Cast

Martin Sheen	...	John Dillinger
F. Murray Abraham	...	Al Capone
Stephen Davies	...	Cecil
Catherine Hicks	...	Abigail
Don Stroud	...	George
Sasha Jenson	...	Billy
Michael Oliver	...	Sam Dalton
Jeffrey Combs	...	Gilroy
Michael C. Gwynne	...	Perkins
Anthony Crivello	...	Lou Gazzo
Time Winters	...	Eli
Joe Estevez	...	Roy
Clint Howard	...	Bobo
Bert Remsen	...	Wheezy
Alan Blumenfeld	...	Sal

MPAA:

Rated R for gangster violence and some nudity.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Norway:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Trivia:

This film integrates two popular "conspiracy theories" of gangster folklore: that John Dillinger didn't really die at the Biograph (for years, no one bought the idea that the FBI had killed him because the face was different and the man weighed more but this was easily explained by Dillinger having plastic surgery and just natural weight gain) and that Al Capone had hidden away a fortune somewhere in Chicago. (Geraldo Rivera did an expose in which he did in fact find the vault...but it was empty)

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the one-hour mark, Capone talks to his butler on the phone. He fires his gun, and the upper part of it slides back, indicating that it's empty. A few seconds and a cut later, however, the slide is back and he fires more shots with the gun, even though he had no opportunity to reload.

Movie Connections:

References White Heat (1949)

Good gangster film

fictional account about Capone and dillinger.martin sheen plays john dillinger(who survived the shooting at the movie theater)like i said fictional.he wants to go straight and leave the life of crime behind. AL Capone(f Murray Abraham)has other plans.he kidnaps Dillinger's wife(Catherine hicks)and son to force him to rob the gangsters that have all his stolen money.along for the ride is don stroud,Sasha Jensen,Jeffrey combs,Bert remsen,and maria ford.its a roger corman produced gangster movie that delivers.OK its not the untouchables or scarface but its a good exciting gangster b movie,made by Concorde/new horizons.the sequel sort of is baby face nelson that starred c Thomas Howell and f Murray Abraham as Capone again.the music on the sound rack is very good.i would put this in a class with big bad mama,and bloody mama.i did enjoy this movie,maybe because I'm a Roger Corman fan,even though there's a few Corman movies i did'nt like,for instance;carnosaur. I'm giving dillinger and Capone 8 out of 10.it rocks!