 J. Edgar Hoover (qv) protested this film being made and demanded  that changes be made to the script to depict the FBI in a better  light (see below). Shortly before his death he recorded a disclaimer  to the film; it can be heard after the closing credits. The film  depicts John Dillinger (I) (qv) being shot outside the Biograph  after he pulls his gun; in fact, Dillinger never pulled a gun that  night. The FBI decided they were going to kill Dillinger rather than  attempt to take him alive; they announced their presence, he turned  to run, and was shot six times in the back.