The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
Release: 1931-04-23
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 7.2
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Vitaphone Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Purnell Pratt
as Officer Powers (uncredited)
William H. Strauss
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Adele Watson
as Mrs. Doyle (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
as Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
Edward Woods
as Matt Doyle
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as 'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Steve - Bartender (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
as Pool Player (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
as Doctor (uncredited)
Leslie Fenton
as Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
Eddie Kane
as Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Paddy Ryan
Charles Sullivan
as Mug (uncredited)
Donald Cook
as Mike Powers
Mae Clarke
as Kitty (uncredited)
Snitz Edwards
as Miller (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
as Mrs. Dalton (uncredited)
James Cagney
as Tom Powers
Joan Blondell
as Mamie
Douglas Gerrard
as Assistant Tailor (uncredited)
Beryl Mercer
as Ma Powers
Rita Flynn
as Molly Doyle (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
as Putty Nose
Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
Jean Harlow
as Gwen Allen
Russ Powell
as Bartender (uncredited)
