John Dillinger was trouble from the start and began his criminal career very young. He did a stint in prison from 1924 to 1933 for robbing a store of $50, and immediately went back to a life of crime upon release.

Soon, the federal government was after him and after several escapes from custody, it seemed that John was going to continue getting away from the authorities. Until a woman who was in fear of deportation, made a deal with the government to get John in custody, once and for all. But the authorities were not going to let him slip away one more time and decided to take a more fatal approach to capture the man they had deemed Public Enemy #1.