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The Public Enemy (1931) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 25, 2005
Running Time
1 hour, 23 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• The Public Enemy
• Beer and Blood (1931)
• Enemies of the Public (1931)
• Der Öffentliche Feind (1974)
• Nemico pubblico (1931)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Gangsters, Suspense, Murder, Police, World War I
Plot: In William Wellman's classic crime film THE PUBLIC ENEMY, James Cagney does a star turn as Tom Powers, a trouble-ridden individual who rises from the position of cheap thug to that of a powerful Prohibition gangster. When his best friend is murdered, Powers self-destructively seeks deadly retaliation. He picks fights. He slaps women around. He roughs up speakeasy owners and tells them whom they'll get their hooch from and how much they'll order. Fists, kisses, and guns are the only things Tom knows. He eventually gets promoted to become the muscleman of mobster Nails Nathan (Leslie Fenton). But Tom's violent acts are about to catch up with him. After Tom guns down a cop, he's on the run. Later, thugs dump him, beaten, on the doorstep of his estranged and horrified family. It's only then that Tom realizes his decision to live the gangster life has been an irrevocable and deadly choice. Known as the picture that launched Cagney into stardom, THE PUBLIC ENEMY doesn't hold back from exposing the violence and tedium underscoring this ostensibly sexy life of crime. The screenplay, based on a story entitled BEER AND BLOOD by John Bright and written by Harvey F. Thew, was nominated for an Academy Award.
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| John Bright
Three on a Match, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, Smart Money |
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 | Joan Blondell
Grease, The Cincinnati Kid, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
 | James Cagney
Mister Roberts, White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy | | Beryl Mercer
All Quiet on the Western Front, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Little Princess | | Mae Clarke
Singin' in the Rain, Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
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