What bugs me the worst are those movies that put out all kinds of publicity about the pains they went to for historical accuracy and are anything but.
BONNIE AND CLYDE
That film did indeed set up some things realistically but the Barrow’s favorite BARs and sawed-off auto-loading shotguns were absent. The real crime was what they did to Frank Hamer.
Hamer killed dozens of criminals in real life and was a dedicated and clever tracker. Clyde never took him prisoner and Hamer’s posse were all old-style lawmen who knew what they were doing firing Winchester lever guns, Remington cal35 semis, a BAR, and two shotguns.
Clyde was more interesting in real life and had a way with tough guy words as witnessed by his letters.
I have never seen the Bonnie and Clyde movie. I will try to get it from Netflix.
Know some things about the Bonnie and Clyde story. The movie is something of a toss up for me as far as historical accuracy. Bonnie Parker, I was told by people who knew or at least saw them, was a beautiful woman. At least until she was burned badly in an overturned car. She was also just as fearless or crazy with a gun as the movie portrayed. Story on Clyde Barrow was that he could take a Model A Ford cross country better than a modern day Jeep Wrangler.