The Archive · 1939

Dillinger Scare Arronxty-General Homer Cummiings and James V. Bennett, Director of the Bureau of

Prisons, were nearly seared out of their wits during the making of a newsreel at the Department of Justice in Washington.

"After the movie director had coached Cummings and Bennett in their parts and was ready for the camera, he shouted, "Oaky, Dillinger—shoot The tio officials jumped and completely forgot their lines as the cameraman, a namesake fof the daring criminal, who terrorized the fa few years ago, began grinding. mind, please don't say that any more. It makes dificult for us to concentrate on what we're

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