near the beginning and after it be establish that outlaw john dillinger ( warren oates ) and be an egomaniacal rapist and another bandit of the 1930s be corner in a farm house and surround by the fbi . second in command melvin purvis ( ben johnson ) and survey the situation and stick a lighted cigar in his mouth and pick up two loaded . 45 caliber automatic and and stalk off into the distant house alone . bang and bang and bang . purvis emerge alone from the house and carry the female hostage and the miscreant dead . all in long shot . if youre enthral by story like red riding hood and this should have considerable appeal . oh and it as excite a it be mindless . pretty boy floyd meet his demise dramatically . multiple violation of the civic code . plenty of shoot out with tommy gun and pistol . blood all over . a history and it stink . few remember melvin purvis a an fbi hero and partly and i would guess and because of his name . melvin purvis . we all remember j. edgar hoover and who fire melvin purvis because he be a rival in the quest for public attention though . the picture be write and direct by john milius . he the guy who have it write into his contract that and should any animal be shoot and kill in the course of one of his production and he should be the designated shooter . milius be the guy and a compleat gun freak and who have teddy roosevelt rough rider in the spanish american war shout quotation from henry v saint crispin day and all that . excite and yes and and complete garbage . i know i would never take him alive and and i do not try too hard neither . that be and kill em all and let god sort them out . you will just love it .