
The Public Enemy
All his life he took what he wanted...Why not women?
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Release Date
4/23/1931Runtime
84 minsOverview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$151,000Revenue
$557,000Homepage
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A visceral portrait of two young men's rapid ascent through Chicago's criminal underworld, where ambition and brutality are inseparable from their hunger to escape poverty. The film captures the seductive thrill and inevitable ruin of their rise with unflinching directness and a grim sense of inevitability.
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James Cagney
Tom Powers

Jean Harlow
Gwen Allen

Edward Woods
Matt Doyle

Joan Blondell
Mamie

Donald Cook
Mike Powers

Leslie Fenton
Samuel 'Nails' Nathan

Beryl Mercer
Ma Powers

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Paddy Ryan

Murray Kinnell
Putty Nose
Clark Burroughs
Dutch (uncredited)

Mae Clarke
Kitty (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
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