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Why do we need thisBecause criminals flee in fast automobiles across state linesthereby defeating local jurisdictionbecause there is no federal police force to stop themBy my tally your Bureau wants
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Public Enemies

"McKellar is a Neanderthal, and he is on a personal vendetta to destroy me." We will not...

Senator Kenneth McKellar:Why do we need this?J. Edgar Hoover:Because criminals flee in fast automobiles across state lines, thereby defeating local jurisdiction Because there is no federal police force to stop them.Senator Kenneth McKellar:By my tally, your bureau wants to spend more taxpayer's dollars catching crooks, than what the crooks you catch stole in the first place.J. Edgar Hoover:Well that's ridiculous. The Bureau has apprehended kidnappers and bank robbers who have stolen up to and in excess of...Senator Kenneth McKellar:Really?Senator Kenneth McKellar:How many have you apprehended?J. Edgar Hoover:We have arrested and arraigned 213 wanted felons.Senator Kenneth McKellar:No, I mean *you*, Director Hoover.J. Edgar Hoover:Well, as Director, I administer.Senator Kenneth McKellar:How many have you arrested, personally?J. Edgar Hoover:I have never arrested anybody.Senator Kenneth McKellar:You've never arrested anybody?J. Edgar Hoover:Well of course not. I'm an administrator...Senator Kenneth McKellar:With no field experience. You are shockingly unqualified, aren't you, sir? You have never personally conducted a criminal investigation in the field in your life. I think you're a front. I think your prowess as a lawman is a myth, created from the hoopla of headlines by Mr. Suydam, your publicist there. Crimebuster? G-Man? You're setting yourself up as a Czar? That's running wild in my estimation.J. Edgar Hoover:A *crime* is what runs wild...Senator Kenneth McKellar:If this country requires a bureau such as yours, I question whether You are the person fit to run it.J. Edgar Hoover: Well I will not be judged by a kangaroo court of venal politicians...Senator Kenneth McKellar:Your appropriation increase is denied.J. Edgar Hoover:Feed the following to Walter Winchell: "McKellar is a Neanderthal, and he is on a personal vendetta to destroy me." We will not contest him in his committee. We need to fight him on the front page. Where's John Dillinger?

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Why do we need this
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Because criminals flee in fast automobiles across state lines
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thereby defeating local jurisdiction
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because there is no federal police force to stop them
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By my tally your Bureau wants to spend
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more taxpayers' dollars catching crooks
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than what the crooks you catch stole in the first place
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Well that's ridiculous The Bureau has apprehended
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kidnappers and bank robbers who have
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stolen up to and in excess of Really
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How many have you apprehended
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We have arrested and arraigned 213 wanted felons
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No I mean you Director Hoover How many
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Well as Director I administer
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How many have you arrested personally
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I have never arrested anybody
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You've never arrested anybody
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Well of course not I am an administrator
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With no field experience
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You are shockingly unqualified aren't you sir
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You have never personally conducted
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a criminal investigation in the field in your life
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I think you're a front
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I think your prowess as a lawman is a myth
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created from the hoopla of headlines by Mr Suydam your publicist there
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Crimebusters G men you're setting yourself up as a czar
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That's running wild in my estimation
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A crime is what runs wild
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If this country requires a Bureau such as yours
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I question whether you are the person fit to run it
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Well I will not be judged by a kangaroo court of venal politicians
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Your appropriation increase is denied
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Feed the following to Walter Winchell
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McKellar is a Neanderthal and he is on a personal vendetta to destroy me
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We will not contest him in his committee room
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We will fight him on the front page
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Where is John Dillinger
Available in 7 languages
Duration
112 seconds
Views
726
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:42
Uploaded
Mar 08, 2026
Genres
action, biography, crime
Production
Universal Pictures,Relativity Media,Forward Pass,Misher Films

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Movie Summary

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Actors

Billy Crudup
J. Edgar Hoover
Billy Crudup
Marion Cotillard
Billie Frechette
Marion Cotillard
Feed the following to Walter Winchell. - Public Enemies 00:16
Feed the following to Walter Winchell.
Agent Purvis, congratulations. - Public Enemies 00:25
Agent Purvis, congratulations.
Good afternoon, gentlemen. - Public Enemies 00:31
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Mr Purvis how did you run down Pretty Boy FloydThrough an apple orchard - Public Enemies 00:10
Mr Purvis how did you run down Pretty Boy FloydThrough an...
Through an apple orchard. - Public Enemies 00:31
Through an apple orchard.
The broad over there is looking at me. - Public Enemies 00:08
The broad over there is looking at me.
Alvin. Good to see you. How you doing? Homer. Pete. - Public Enemies 00:07
Alvin. Good to see you. How you doing? Homer. Pete.
The public don't like kidnappingWho gives a damn what the public likesI do I hide out among themWe gotta care what they think - Public Enemies 00:10
The public don't like kidnappingWho gives a damn what...
We're having too good a time todayWe ain't thinking about tomorrow - Public Enemies 00:06
We're having too good a time todayWe ain't...
Is Homer staying steady enough? - Public Enemies 00:14
Is Homer staying steady enough?
One rule I learned from Walter Dietrichnever work with people who are desperateYeah well I got a rule too Stay away from the womenWithout women it's like back in the stirThat's why they invented whores - Public Enemies 00:17
One rule I learned from Walter Dietrichnever work with...
Without women, it's like back in the stir. - Public Enemies 00:17
Without women, it's like back in the stir.
I don't know why you gave that fellow the go-by, but I'm awful glad you did. - Public Enemies 00:18
I don't know why you gave that fellow the go-by, but...
You got a name? - Public Enemies 00:33
You got a name?
Where somebody waits for me Sugar's sweet, so is he - Public Enemies 00:14
Where somebody waits for me Sugar's sweet, so is he
Daddy's French. - Public Enemies 00:23
Daddy's French.
I ain't most men - Public Enemies 00:03
I ain't most men
And what do you do? - Public Enemies 00:08
And what do you do?
Meeting somebody like you, dark and beautiful, - Public Enemies 00:07
Meeting somebody like you, dark and beautiful,
Like that bird in that song. - Public Enemies 00:22
Like that bird in that song.