Louisiana and Texas policemen shoot outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as they try to evade capture in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. "Bonnie and Clyde" had been robbing banks and stores across the Southwest during the Great Depression and were gunned down in a stolen Ford V-8.
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