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The Public Enemy
1931, Apr 23
1h 24m
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
John Bright, Kubec Glasmon
Landers Stevens
Doctor (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Mrs. Dalton (uncredited)
Rita Flynn
Molly Doyle (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Pool Player (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
Mamie
James Cagney
Tom Powers
Lee Phelps
Steve - Bartender (uncredited)
Leslie Fenton
Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
Jean Harlow
Gwen Allen
Frankie Darro
Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
Beryl Mercer
Ma Powers
Russ Powell
Bartender (uncredited)
Adele Watson
Mrs. Doyle (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
William H. Strauss
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Kitty (uncredited)
Edward Woods
Matt Doyle
Douglas Gerrard
Assistant Tailor (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Putty Nose
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Paddy Ryan
Robert Homans
Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)
Donald Cook
Mike Powers
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
Purnell Pratt
Officer Powers (uncredited)
Snitz Edwards
Miller (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Little Girl (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Mug (uncredited)
Clark Burroughs
Dutch (uncredited)
George Daly
Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Dorothy Gee
Nails' Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Gray
Little Girl (uncredited)
Mia Marvin
Jane (uncredited)
Nanci Price
Little Girl (uncredited)
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