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unusual facts about Dillinger



Dillinger Hütte

Dillinger Hütte is a steel producer in Dillingen, in the German Federal State of Saarland, and has a history stretching back more than three hundred years.

Dillinja

The origin of his name is unknown but it is likely that it came from one of reggae's earliest MCs, who called himself Dillinger (real name Lester Bullocks) after the famous American gangster John Dillinger.

Dimitri Minakakis

Minakakis is a guest vocalist on the track "Fix Your Face" on the The Dillinger Escape Plan album Ire Works.

Gil Sharone

Gil also recorded the drum tracks on the third Dillinger Escape Plan record Ire Works, and joined the band during all of their tour dates in 2008 (he played the European tour in early 2008 both with Dillinger and also as support with Stolen Babies).

Going Spanish

Hope told Walter Winchell that he had starred in the film and then added "When they catch Dillinger, they're going to make him sit through it twice."

History of Tucson, Arizona

A fire allowed firemen to discover their identity and the police promptly arrested Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Russell Clark, Ed Shouse, and Dillinger.

Homer Van Meter

In John Milius' film Dillinger (1973), Homer Van Meter was portrayed by actor Harry Dean Stanton.

James J. Metcalfe

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

John Paul Chase

Chase's first confirmed robbery with the Dillinger gang occurred on June 30, 1934, when he joined Dillinger, Nelson, Van Meter and two others robbed a bank in South Bend, Indiana for $29,890.

King Brothers Productions

Some of their films include Dillinger (1945), Suspense (1946), Gun Crazy (1949), Carnival Story (1954), The Brave One (1954, which earned writer Dalton Trumbo (who also worked on Gun Crazy) a Best Screenplay Academy Award), Gorgo (1961), Captain Sindbad (1963), and Heaven With a Gun (1968).

Little Bohemia Lodge

On April 20, 1934, John Dillinger's gang, consisting of Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, and John "Red" Hamilton, settled at Little Bohemia Lodge, then owned by Emil Wanatka.

Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin

In the summer of 2008, the Little Bohemia Lodge was used in the filming of a recreation of these events in the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies, a movie about Dillinger and the FBI starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis.

Mary Kinder

Mary was one of two women, known to be associated with the John Dillinger gang, named to the Chicago Police Department's Public Enemies List.

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.

The Big Goodbye

Tierney was well known for playing villains in 1940's film noirs, including Dillinger (1945) and The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947).

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.

Hamilton is refused treatment by Joseph Moran, and Van Meter and Dillinger take Hamilton to stay at the home of Volney Davis and his girlfriend "Rabbits", two members of Ma Barker's gang, as well as Ma's son Arthur.

The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan played in Australia, where they joined Nine Inch Nails onstage during the Soundwave 2009 festival, helping them perform the songs "Wish" and "Mr. Self Destruct" as part of the last encore song of Nine Inch Nails' live show at the event.


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