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2 unusual facts about Biograph Theater


James J. Metcalfe

Metcalfe was among the agents who ambushed Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, resulting in Dillinger's death.

The Death of Jack Hamilton

Van Meter begins by describing Dillinger's death outside the Biograph Theater at the hands of FBI agent Melvin Purvis' men (Purvis is referenced several times throughout the story as the character's nemesis), as well as addressing the theory that it wasn't actually Dillinger who was killed.



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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless

Bank robber John Dillinger was carrying this model of pistol when he was shot by FBI agents outside the Biograph theater on July 22, 1934, and another famous bank robber, Willie Sutton kept one when was captured by police in Brooklyn on February 18, 1952.

Samuel P. Cowley

At 8:30 p.m., Anna Sage, John Dillinger, and Polly Hamilton strolled into the Biograph Theater to see Clark Gable in Manhattan Melodrama.