The Public Enemy

All his life he took what he wanted...Why not women?

The Public Enemy (1931)

Timing: 1:23 (83 min)

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Release date

1931-04-23

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$151 000

Revenue

$557 000

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Director

William A. Wellman

Actors

James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Clark Burroughs
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Scenario

Kubec Glasmon, John Bright

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

Operator

Devereaux Jennings

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Editing

Edward M. McDermott
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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.

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