Public Enemies reveals it was the 1930s, “the golden age of bank robbery,” a time when the public readily extended its sympathy to robbers who preyed upon the banks, which many blamed for their financial distress. In addition to, the Great Depression was at its worst - both poverty and crime was at an all-time high. However, Public Enemies shows that one man was capturing the public eye like no other: John Dillinger, the legendary bank robber who have escaped from prison twice. Public Enemies follows Dillinger through a criminal career, leading well-organized bank robberies and escaping from the prisons that attempt to hold him. His charismatic interviews with the media and "public relations" ploys, for an example, giving the depositors' money