famous and a about every film buff know and for be the movie in which infamous gangster john dillinger and the lady in red exit from and dillinger be gun down shortly after leave the theater . the real life occurrence be far more exciting than the movie . the story be not unlike others make during the 30 and 40 about two pal grow up together and one wind up a gangster and the other a priest or a lawman . in this case and it be a lawman play by william powell . the gangster be play by clark gable . a a boy and mickey rooney play him . add myrna loy to the mix and you an interesting cast and but the story be really not that much .