Yes, 'Hard Times'.

"Hard times":)

Ya only get one Warren Oates in a lifetime. He embodied Dillinger in this under-sung film.

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IMHO, so far Oates is THE Dillinger. Oates' film had a number of flaws, but he was great. Purvis did not look like Ben Johnson. More like Mr. Peepers.

Your pointing out that Depp is about the same age Oates was, in 1973, is the only
redundant
thing here. It's been said many times before. The point is, Depp doesn't
look
45. If anything, he looks
younger
than Dillinger did at 31.
Oates at 44 looked like he was over 50.
But physical appearance isn't really what's at stake. There was a very different side to John Dillinger's character that Milius didn't even try to touch. Mann will, and if he does a good enough job of directing, Depp certainly has the acting talent to live up to the role again,
as written.
I don't have a problem with Oates' performance in this film. It's excellent. But it's not John Dillinger.
"I don't deduce, I observe."

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Oates or Depp? Depends what you're looking for.
Milius' "Dillinger" is a great entertainment, and a great work of fiction emphasis on
fiction.
"Public Enemies" will also take quite a few liberties with literal historical truth, but not nearly as many as "Dillinger" does.
More importantly, PE will emphasize the innocent-acting "good boy gone wrong" side of Dillinger's character, whereas Milius' film shows us a tough-as-nails hardened criminal; an elegant and eloquent thug, but a thug nevertheless.
In my estimation, the
real
John Dillinger was roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the way between Michael Mann's Dillinger and Milius'.
Still, there's no doubt that Warren Oates turned in a tour de force performance, and so did Ben Johnson as Melvin Purvis. Both were, strictly speaking, too old for their roles, but who cares?
Throw in Harry Dean Stanton, Michelle Phillips, and Richard Dreyfuss, and some really brilliant dialogue in Milius' script, and you've got some great chemistry going in this underrated flick. But obviously, the star-studded cast of "Public Enemies" could turn out just as impressive a showing, or better.

I've got to see this movie before Public Enemies comes out. Oates or Depp?
"You don't scare me, with your quiet dignity and your subtle cologne."

The best part is that he looks like Dillinger!

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he's great in this though it doesn't compare to his work sam peckinpah, monte hellman or peter fonda's "the hired hand".

Amen!!!
Not to mention The Wild Bunch.
There are a couple of smaller parts Warren Oates played that I enjoy especially though: the cruel-but-lovable captain Braddock of the "Astro Division" in Blue Thunder, and the ruthless miner of Ride the High Country.