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