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