Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

GManfred The part of John Dillinger must have been red meat for Lawrence Tierney, the baddest of Hollywood's bad boys. A notorious brawler and sociopath, Tierney seems the embodiment of the erstwhile Public Enemy #1 and plays it to the hilt. This was his first starring turn and is remarkably at his ease in the part. In all subsequent roles he was belligerent and humorless, and I can't recall ever seeing him crack a smile."The Lad In Red" is lovely Anne Jeffreys, and the gang members are all familiar faces; Elisha Cook, Jr., Eduardo Cianelli, Marc Lawrence, and in a change from his normally sophisticated roles, Edmund Lowe as the gang leader. The picture is very entertaining and was made by Monogram, a charter member of Poverty Row. Here they've pulled out all the stops and produced a top notch gangster flick. If you're a fan of 'cops and robbers' movies you won't be disappointed. I've put my star rating in the heading as the website no longer prints them.

AaronCapenBanner Max Nosseck directed this biographical tale of the rise and fall of real-life criminal John Dillinger, here played by Lawrence Tierney as a ruthless and menacing man who isn't afraid of anyone or anything. He is sent to jail for armed robbery where he befriends gangster Specs Green(played by Edmund Lowe) and his associates(played by Marc Lawrence, Elisha Cook, and Eduardo Ciannelli) He later leads a prison breakout with a wooden gun, then becomes part of the gang, eventually taking it over, though this later leads to lethal consequences for Dillinger when he takes his girlfriend Helen(played by Anne Jeffreys) to a movie theater where the police are waiting... Good film may take some liberties with the facts but has solid acting and crisp direction.

MartinHafer I am not saying that "Dillinger" is a brilliant or must-see film, but it definitely was unusual for 1945 and way ahead of its time. In addition, I was completely amazed that such a production could come from crappy old Monogram Studios. You just don't expect such a well-crafted film from such a lowly production company.Before I go on, I should point out a major problem with the film. Although it's supposed to be the story of the most-wanted bank robber, John Dillinger, the filmmakers did very little to get the facts right. In general, it is his life--but only in general. The early portion of his life before he went to prison was totally wrong and it only got a bit better as the film progressed.How, then, can I give an inaccurate film an 8--especially when I normally jump all over films because of historical inaccuracy? Well, it's because the film lacked the sentimentality and clichés you normally saw in films of the day. Instead, it's direct, blunt and a bit cruel for 1945. Now it is NOT an ultra-violent film in the style of "Bonny and Clyde"--it always seems to pull away from the most violent scenes when something REALLY violent is about to occur. But the film is still pretty brutal for its day and entertaining--and a nice bit of film noir. Lawrence Tierney did a great job in playing the lead so coldly and the script, while inaccurate, was great. I just didn't understand why the film LOOKED like 1945--especially when Dillinger died in 1934. I assume it was simply because cheap old Monogram didn't want to pay to get the look just right.By the way, near the end of the film you get a VERY brief look at Santa's face. What is with him?! He looks like Leatherface or something!!

vitaleralphlouis Amazing that 60+ years ago the low-budget Monogram Pictures made this Dillinger movie 9 times better than Universal's 2009 sorry looking mess, "Public Enemies." This 1945 movie grabs you from the opening credits and keeps your interest for the entire 70 minutes. That's right, 70 minutes. There's no need to pad this story into a 2 hour + boring mess.To begin with, and all-important, it's true that Lawrence Tierney was born to play Dillinger. He's perfect. Johnny Depp maybe was born to play Jack Sparrow, but he stumbles around looking stupid in the 2009 film.Just everything about the 1945 clicks like clockwork. Just one example is the simple-but-effective shootout at the Biograph Theater. The 2009 film ought get special honors for incredible multiple layers of Bad Film-making 101. In the 1945 gut-level film we have a bored and broke Dillinger taking his girl to the neighborhood movie for a few laughs. In the old days people went in and out of movie theaters all day, not at starting time. Thus when Dillinger steps outside there are just two people leaving, not the 500 marching out in "Public Enemies." So the FBI can easily spray him with bullets without hitting other folks.This fine Monogram Picture can be found on Netflix and other places. No need to settle for today's silly trash.