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One of the women that Dillinger was friends with tipped off Melvin Purvis that he would be at a movie theater on a certain night in exchange for his help in stopping her deportation, as she was from Romania. She and John went to see the movie "Manhattan Melodrama" on July 22, 1934.She wore a red dress that signaled the Feds waiting outside the theater that it was him. Three FBI agents then approached Dillinger and he was shot outside of the Biograph theater in Chicago, Illinois.
John Dillinger was shot three times. on July 22 1934
The "Lady in Red" is a nickname given to the woman who allegedly helped John Dillinger, a notorious American bank robber, escape capture during a shootout in 1934. The woman, named Anna Sage, was actually wearing an orange skirt and not a red dress, but media sensationalism led to the nickname. Her involvement ultimately led to Dillinger's arrest and death.
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The following important events occurred in 1934. On May 23rd, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (Bonnie & Clyde) were shot and killed in an FBI ambush. In August of 1934, Alcatraz (The Rock) opens as a federal penitentiary. Also in August, Adolf Hitler declares himself the fuhrer of Germany after becoming president.
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John Dillinger died on July 22, 1934 at the age of 31.
Think you might mean John Dillinger and not James Dillinger. He was not killed while watching a movie it was outside the movie theatre that he was shot. Do not know the movie but it was his girlfriend who gave him away to the police. Does it really matter that much what he was watching?
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The FBI agent who hunted John Dillinger was Melvin Purvis. He led a team of agents known as the "Purvis' Purvis" who tracked down Dillinger and eventually killed him in a shootout in 1934.
John Dillinger died on July 22, 1934 at the age of 31.
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One of the women that Dillinger was friends with tipped off Melvin Purvis that he would be at a movie theater on a certain night in exchange for his help in stopping her deportation, as she was from Romania. She and John went to see the movie "Manhattan Melodrama" on July 22, 1934.She wore a red dress that signaled the Feds waiting outside the theater that it was him. Three FBI agents then approached Dillinger and he was shot outside of the Biograph theater in Chicago, Illinois.
You Are There - 1953 The Capture of John Dillinger January 25 1934 1-4 was released on: USA: 22 February 1953
John Dillinger was shot three times. on July 22 1934
John Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903 and died on July 22, 1934. John Dillinger would have been 31 years old at the time of death or 112 years old today.
Fatally shot outside the Biograph theatre in Chicago by the F.B.I. on July the 22nd, 1934.