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