Public Enemy
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Genre: drama, crime
Year Published: 1931
Creator: Contemporary Films
Format: 16mm
Sound: sound
Credits: Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Description: Follows the rise of a slum child to big-time gang leadership. Stars James Cagney and Jean Harlow. Tom Powers (James Cagney) and his lifelong friend Matt Doyle (Edward Woods) engage in petty theft. Tom's straightlaced older brother tries, but fails, to talk Tom into giving up crime. In 1920, with Prohibition about to go into effect, Paddy Ryan recruits Tom and Matt as beer "salesmen" (enforcers) in his bootlegging business. Tom allies himself with noted gangster Samuel "Nails" Nathan. Nathan dies in a horse riding accident, prompting Tom to find the horse and shoot it. A rival gang headed by "Schemer" Burns takes advantage of
Complete Record: Follows the rise of a slum child to big-time gang leadership. Stars James Cagney and Jean Harlow.
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