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