**1/2 - This picture about a portion of gangster John Dillinger’s life (the length of which is not made entirely clear) looks nice and is mildly entertaining, but doesn’t hold up for its entire two and a half hour run time. The dialogue is goofy, full of corny one-liners spouted out by Dillinger, his associates and FBI agents (most of which are gunned down at one point or another in the film). It also tries to portray every character – gangster, FBI agents, and whores- with a sort of grandiose esteem that is usually reserved for heroes and such. It strikes me as odd to do so about a bunch of people who killed indiscriminately.
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