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Episode Details: Public Enemy #1
Public Enemy #1
Series: American Experience
Season: Season 14
Episode Number: 10
Air Date:
Duration: 55 min
John Dillinger may have been "Public Enemy No. 1" in 1933 and '34, but Americans didn't reflexively hate him, and this hour explores reasons why as it chronicles his 14-month bank-robbing spree. Dillinger "represents a rebellious impulse that many people in the Great Depression had good reason to feel," says Tom Doherty, one of the historians interviewed. Morever, "he was a charming guy," says another, Claire Potter. The hour also features a grandnephew of Dillinger and Alston Purvis, the son of Melvin Purvis, the G-Man who finally caught up with the Public Enemy.
Cast and Guests
Keith Carradine
Narrator (voice)Streaming Platforms for American Experience
