The Public Enemy (1931)

ALL 04/23/1931 (en) Crime, Drama 83 Min
  • Release
    04/23/1931
  • Production
    The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    72.44%
  • Original title
    The Public Enemy
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 557,000.00
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All his life he took what he wanted...Why not women?

Overview

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.

  1. Story

  2. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer



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Casts

  1. James Cagney

    Tom Powers

  2. Jean Harlow

    Gwen Allen

  3. Edward Woods

    Matt Doyle

  4. Joan Blondell

    Mamie

  5. Donald Cook

    Mike Powers

  6. Leslie Fenton

    Samuel 'Nails' Nathan

  7. Beryl Mercer

    Ma Powers

  8. Robert Emmett O'Connor

    Paddy Ryan

  9. Murray Kinnell

    Putty Nose

  10. Clark Burroughs

    Dutch (uncredited)

  11. Mae Clarke

    Kitty (uncredited)

  12. Frank Coghlan Jr.

    Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

  13. George Daly

    Machine Gunner (uncredited)

  14. Frankie Darro

    Matt as a Boy (uncredited)

  15. Snitz Edwards

    Miller (uncredited)

  16. Rita Flynn

    Molly Doyle (uncredited)

  17. Dorothy Gee

    Nails' Girl (uncredited)

  18. Douglas Gerrard

    Assistant Tailor (uncredited)

  19. Dorothy Gray

    Little Girl (uncredited)

  20. Ben Hendricks Jr.

    'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)

  21. Robert Homans

    Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)

  22. Eddie Kane

    Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)

  23. Mia Marvin

    Jane (uncredited)

  24. Sam McDaniel

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

  25. Helen Parrish

    Little Girl (uncredited)

  26. Lee Phelps

    Steve - Bartender (uncredited)

  27. Russ Powell

    Bartender (uncredited)

  28. Purnell Pratt

    Officer Powers (uncredited)

  29. Nanci Price

    Little Girl (uncredited)

  30. Joe Sawyer

    Pool Player (uncredited)

  31. Landers Stevens

    Doctor (uncredited)

  32. William H. Strauss

    Pawnbroker (uncredited)

  33. Charles Sullivan

    Mug (uncredited)

  34. Lucille Ward

    Mrs. Dalton (uncredited)

  35. Adele Watson

    Mrs. Doyle (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 35 , Crews : 11

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The Public Enemy (1931) 83 Min

ALL 04/23/1931 (en)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 04/23/1931
  • Production
    The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Original title The Public Enemy
  • en
  • Revenue557,000.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. William A. Wellman

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Edward M. McDermott

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer