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