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The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell.
- $151,000 or $230,000
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- April 23, 1931
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.
- William A. Wellman
- 165
- 46 sec
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.
A classic gangster film starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow, directed by William A. Wellman. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on this movie.
A Warner Bros. film directed by William A. Wellman, starring James Cagney as an Irish-American street punk who rises to become a gangster. The film features iconic scenes of violence, romance, and humor, and is considered a landmark of the pre-Code era.
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.
- Lee Pfeiffer
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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- Crime, Drama
