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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
Purnell Pratt
Officer Powers (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Kitty (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
Mamie
Jean Harlow
Gwen Allen
James Cagney
Tom Powers
Joe Sawyer
Pool Player (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Steve - Bartender (uncredited)
Snitz Edwards
Miller (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)
Donald Cook
Mike Powers
Helen Parrish
Little Girl (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Putty Nose
Landers Stevens
Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Leslie Fenton
Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Paddy Ryan
Charles Sullivan
Mug (uncredited)
Edward Woods
Matt Doyle
William H. Strauss
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Beryl Mercer
Ma Powers
Lucille Ward
Mrs. Dalton (uncredited)
Rita Flynn
Molly Doyle (uncredited)
Douglas Gerrard
Assistant Tailor (uncredited)
Adele Watson
Mrs. Doyle (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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