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    The Public Enemy

    1931 · Crime drama · 1h 24m

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  2. An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime. Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters. Their lives are frowned on by Tom's WWI veteran brother Mike and by Matt's straitlaced sister Molly.

  3. 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.

    • April 23, 1931
  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.

    • Lee Pfeiffer
  5. 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
  6. Brief Synopsis. An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime. Cast & Crew. Read More. William A. Wellman. Director. James Cagney. Tom Powers. Jean Harlow. Gwen Allen. Edward Woods. Matt Doyle. Joan Blondell. Mamie. Donald Cook. Mike Powers. Photos & Videos. View All. 6 Photos. 2 Photos. Film Details. Genre.

    • William A. Wellman
    • James Cagney
  7. The Public Enemy - Film (Movie) Plot and Review. USA, 1931. Director: William Wellman. Production: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.; black and white, 35mm; running time: 96 minutes. Released May 1931.

  8. The Public Enemy (1931) is one of the earliest and best of the gangster films from Warner Bros. in the thirties. The film's screenplay (by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon), which received the film's only Academy Award nomination, was based upon their novel Beer and Blood .

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