- Film ID:
- 4662
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DVD Available from Shop
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Film cert:
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Running time:
- DVD=79 min.
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Nationality(ies):
- America.
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Primary Language(s):
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English.
THE PUBLIC ENEMY
(1931)
Cast
Director(s)
Categories
Classics.
Gangster/Mob.
Thriller.
Guardian 1000 Must See (2007).
Hearing Impaired (DVD).
Robberies Burglaries Heists.
Recommended.
Review
Cagney's original gangster performance, he plays Powers, a big time mobster on the up and up. The film's impact derives from its acknowledgement of crime as partly due to poor social conditions, rather than the product of evil individuals. Cagney's role installed him as the definitive gangster hero.
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