The Public Enemy

Release date: 04/23/1931

Budget: $151,000

Revenue: $557,000

Genres:

Crime, Drama

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

7.2

All his life he took what he wanted...Why not women?

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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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

Mae Clarke

Kitty (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

Frankie Darro

Matt as a Boy (uncredited)

Snitz Edwards

Miller (uncredited)

Rita Flynn

Molly Doyle (uncredited)

Douglas Gerrard

Assistant Tailor (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.

'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Helen Parrish

Little Girl (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Steve - Bartender (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Bartender (uncredited)

Purnell Pratt

Officer Powers (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

Pool Player (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

Doctor (uncredited)

William H. Strauss

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Mug (uncredited)

Lucille Ward

Mrs. Dalton (uncredited)

Adele Watson

Mrs. Doyle (uncredited)

The Public Enemy

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