American Experience
Season 14 Episode 10 - Public Enemy #1
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
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.
Episodes in Season 14
1
New York (6): The City of Tomorrow
55 min
2
New York (7): The City and the World
55 min
3
War Letters
55 min
4
Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man
55 min
5
Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World
55 min
6
Mount Rushmore
55 min
7
Miss America
55 min
8
Zoot Suit Riots
55 min
9
Monkey Trial
55 min
10
Public Enemy #1
55 min
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Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior
55 min
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Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President
55 min
