G-Man: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Purvis. Special | 56m 47s Video has Closed Captions | CC. This documentary examines Purvis' life and sheds some light on his gruesome death.

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J. Edgar Hoover assigned South Carolina's own "G-Man" Melvin Purvis to hunt down and put an end to Dillinger. After escaping several FBI entrapments, Dillinger was found hiding in Chicago, Illinois.

Melvin Purvis, a handsome southerner 10 years Hoover’s junior, rose faster in the FBI ranks than was warranted, ... G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.