미국 역사의 전설적인 범죄자인 데린져와 그를 쫓는 FBI의 활약상을 그린 범죄 스릴러 영화. 영화를 자세히 보면 샘 페킨파와 아서 펜 감독의 영화들을 간접적으로 패러디하고 있다. (가세손 주

After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.