Dillinger's Charisma
A consummate charmer
What made the prolific bank robber different from his peers was his charisma and wit. As seen above, he poses with a prospective prosecutor but moments later, he would take this opportunity to signal to his gang of a forthcoming escape.
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Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks
College Sports: Purdue University fan
Favorite Athletes: John Wooden
Favorite Tunes: Get Along Little Doggies
Extra Curricula Activities: Rob banks, Hunting
Superstition: Kept lucky coins, rabbit feets (but only from Dads farm or friends). He believed rabbits could always sense danger and therefore rabbit feet do the same for him
Luxury Item: Fast cars
Cartoon Characters: Walt Disney's three little pigs
Movies: Newsreels of he and his dad
Automobile: Hudson Essex Terraplane
Cigarettes: Chesterfield
Beer: Schlitz
Hobby: Taking photos of cops
Gesture: Tipped hat for ladies, Usually bought tickets for kids to the fair or movies
Entertainment Weekly features exclusive interview with Johnny Depp.
Jeff Scalf, Dillinger's Great Nephew, at Chicago Premiere with Marion Cotillard
When Hollywood needs a bankable actor to snag a Wild West outlaw, Pablo Escobar or a few thousand Terminators, they send for Christian Bale, so why not send him after John Dillinger? This summer’s Dark Knight is in talks to star in the 2009 mobster drama Public Enemies for director Michael Mann. Bale’s rumored for the role of FBI agent Melvin Purvis, who became an American hero in 1934, the year his relentless manhunt for Dillinger culminated in the 31-year-old gangster being shot dead after he fled from a movie theater by Purvis’ men. To fire off another few rounds of cool, Johnny Depp is already signed to star as Dillinger, his first mobster role since 1997’s Donnie Brasco. Other gangsters yet to be cast include Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson.
Posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 2:49 am by: Hunter Stephenson