Based on author Bryan Burrough`s ambitious tome 'Public Enemies: America`s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael Mann (HEAT, LAST OF THE MOHICANS) has crafted a sprawling historical crime drama that follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis in capturing notorious bank robber John Dillinger. A folk hero to the American public thanks to his penchant for robbing the banks that many people believed responsible for the Great … mehrDepression, charming bandit Dillinger was virtually unstoppable at the height of his criminal career; no jail could hold him, and his exploits endeared him to the common people while making headlines across the country. weniger