melvin purvis

I read with interest all the stories this week about the late Studs Terkel and his FBI file. To my dismay, they pretended to discover the ironic revelation that Terkel actually applied to work for the FBI in the early 1930s. I scratched my head, waiting for someone to remember that Terkel wrote about his attempt to catch on with the FBI -- and about his subsequent unhappy experiences with FBI agents -- in a book first published in 1973, called Talking to Myself .  

To many people today, the name means nothing.  

More than 100 guests enjoyed a night of food, entertainment and reflection Thursday.  

Set during the great depression of the 1930s, Public Enemies tells the story of bank robber John Dillinger.  

P ublic Enemies starring Johnny Depp ( Pirates of the Caribbean , Sweeney Todd ), Christian Bale ( The Dark Knight , Terminator Salvation ) and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard ( La Vie en Rose , A Good Year ) is now available to own on Blu-ray and DVD.  

Actor Johnny Depp, who recently starred in "Public Enemies", says he was born just 90 km from where the gangster he portrayed was born.  

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale star in Michael Mann's gangster biopic as John Dillinger, the infamous bank-robber, and Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent assigned to bring him to justice.  

Writer-director Michael Mann's film is a biopic of American Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger and his team of men who operated on the fringes of the law. Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and his associate 'Red' Hamilton (Jason Clarke) spring a number of their cohorts from Indiana State Penitentiary, including Harry Pierpoint (David Wenham) and Homer Van Meter (Stephen Dorff). They head for Chicago and rob banks, forcing J Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) to enlist the services of tenacious agent Melvin Purv  

PUBLIC ENEMIES starring Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd), Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, Terminator Salvation) and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose, A Good Year) is available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from November 2.  

Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Graham, Billy Crudup, Stephen Lang, Jason Clarke, David Wenham, Stephen Dorff.