Homer Van Meter — Dillinger Character Profile

About Homer Van Meter

One of Dillinger's early gang members. After the chaotic shootout at the Little Bohemia lodge, he is hunted down and summarily killed by federal agents or local vigilantes.

Character Facts

Played by

Harry Dean Stanton

Appears in

Dillinger (1973)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Homer Van Meter — Alliance Teammate — John Dillinger (Warren Oates)

  Loyal gang member who participates in Dillinger's early robberies and crime spree.

• Homer Van Meter — Alliance Teammate — Harry Pierpont (Geoffrey Lewis)

  Fellow gang members who operate together under Dillinger's leadership.

• Homer Van Meter — Conflict Target — Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson)

  FBI agent hunting down Van Meter as part of his systematic purge of the gang.

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