Homer Van Meter - Other Media

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  • Homer Van Meter was the subject of an episode of the Gang Busters radio show on April 15, 1936, which later became the 10th episode of the first season of the 1952 TV series of the same name. On the TV show, Van Meter was portrayed by actor Richard Crane.
  • In John Milius's 1973 film Dillinger, Homer Van Meter was portrayed by actor Harry Dean Stanton.
  • In the 1975 television movie The Kansas City Massacre, Van Meter was portrayed by actor Brion James.
  • The 2001 Stephen King short story "The Death of Jack Hamilton" is told from Van Meter's perspective and portrays an alternative history where he didn't die in 1934 and lived long enough to recall John F. Kennedy's assassination.
  • In the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies, Homer Van Meter is portrayed by actor Stephen Dorff. He is portrayed as being shot to death along with Baby Face Nelson by Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) after a car chase from Little Bohemia, when in reality, Van Meter escaped unharmed with Dillinger, Tommy Carroll and Hamilton. The film also portrays Van Meter as being one of the escapeees in the September 26, 1933 breakout from Michigan City arranged by Dillinger, though in reality, he had made parole just after Dillinger.
  • Actor Christopher Berry will portray Homer Van Meter in a British film adaptation of King's "The Death of Jack Hamilton".

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