After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.
Dillinger has generally received mixed reviews.
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Dillinger was released in 1973 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 23 reviews, giving Dillinger (1973) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 66%. Professional critics were more impressed with Dillinger than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 59%, Dillinger is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1973, which stands at 59%.
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