- Date: July 1, 2009
- Type: Movie
This Movie is based on Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 193
Public Enemies is a 2009 film directed by Michael Mann, an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. The crime drama is set during the Great Depression with the focus on the FBI agent Melvin Purvis's attempt to stop criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd.