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    The Public Enemy

    1931 · Crime drama · 1h 24m

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  1. The Public Enemy ( Enemies of the Public in the UK) [6] is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman, and starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld ...

  2. The Public Enemy: Directed by William A. Wellman. With James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell. An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

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    • Crime, Drama
    • William A. Wellman
    • 1931-05-15
  3. Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers (James Cagney) and Matt Doyle (Eddie Woods), rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But ...

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    • James Cagney
    • William A. Wellman
    • Crime, Drama
  4. The Public Enemy, American gangster film, released in 1931, that became a classic and propelled its lead, James Cagney, to stardom. The story traces the life of an impoverished young man, Tom Powers (played by Cagney), as he escalates from being a petty criminal to heading a murderous bootlegging ring. Although he achieves tremendous power, he ...

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  5. The Public Enemy (1931) The Public Enemy showcases James Cagney's powerful 1931 breakthrough performance as streetwise tough guy Tom Powers, but only because production chief Darryl F. Zanuck made a late casting change. When shooting began, Cagney had a secondary role but Zanuck soon spotted Cagney's screen dominance and gave him the star part.

    • William A. Wellman
    • James Cagney
  6. A classic gangster film starring James Cagney as Tom Powers, a ruthless bootlegger in Prohibition-era Chicago. The film traces his rise and fall, his rivalries and betrayals, and his tragic fate.

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  8. Find out who starred in and worked on the classic gangster film The Public Enemy, directed by William A. Wellman and featuring James Cagney and Jean Harlow. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.

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