In Popular Culture
Nelson has been portrayed in multiple films. These include:
- Baby Face Nelson, a 1957 film starring Mickey Rooney
- The FBI Story, a 1959 film starring James Stewart
- Dillinger, a 1973 film featuring Richard Dreyfuss as Nelson
- Baby Face Nelson, a 1995 film starring C. Thomas Howell
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a 2000 film featuring Michael Badalucco as Nelson. In this film Nelson is depicted as being bipolar. When he last appears he is being taken by an angry mob to meet his death in the electric chair. The film is set in 1937, three years after the real Nelson's death.
- Public Enemies, a 2009 film starring American actor Johnny Depp, with Stephen Graham as Nelson. In this film, Nelson is portrayed as being killed by Melvin Purvis at the Little Bohemia shootout, and thus does not become Public Enemy Number One after Dillinger's death. However, the film still portrays Nelson as getting up and continuing to fire immediately after being shot several times.
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