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In 1933 a crime wave blazed across America. Fuelled by cheap liquor and fast cars, gangs of chancers, bank robbers, gunslingers and their molls cut a murderous, cash-snatching dash through the US – and became legends. Among them were homicidal Baby Face Nelson, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, cranky hillbilly Ma Barker and, most deadly of all, the suave gentleman criminal John Dillinger.

This is the breakneck story of America's most wanted, and their nemesis: J. Edgar Hoover and his strong-arm law enforcers, the agents of the FBI. Using shocking secret files and eyewitness accounts, Public Enemies reveals the facts about the crime spree that shook America.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JOHNNY DEPP.

A Universal Picture © 2009 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

PUBLIC ENEMIES IN CINEMAS JULY 1.

In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.

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'A rollicking ride'  Guardian

'Entrancing ... definitive ... a wild and amazing story'  Washington Post

'Seriously exciting ... crackles and pops with dialogue so outrageous that you suspect a dozen scriptwriters have worked on it, but every word is true'  Spectator

'Excellent true crime ... brims with vivid portraiture'  The New York Times

'It makes a good tale, and Burroughs tells it well, in all its horrible detail'  Literary Review

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