The Public Enemy

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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  William A. Wellman

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  James Cagney
  Tom Powers
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  Jean Harlow
  Gwen Allen
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  Edward Woods
  Matt Doyle
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  Joan Blondell
  Mamie
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  Donald Cook
  Mike Powers
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  Leslie Fenton
  Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
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  Beryl Mercer
  Ma Powers
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  Robert Emmett O'Connor
  Paddy Ryan
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  Murray Kinnell
  Putty Nose
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  Clark Burroughs
  Dutch (uncredited)
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  Mae Clarke
  Kitty (uncredited)
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  Frank Coghlan Jr.
  Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
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  George Daly
  Machine Gunner (uncredited)
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  Frankie Darro
  Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
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  Snitz Edwards
  Miller (uncredited)
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  Rita Flynn
  Molly Doyle (uncredited)
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  Dorothy Gee
  Nails' Girl (uncredited)
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  Douglas Gerrard
  Assistant Tailor (uncredited)
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  Dorothy Gray
  Little Girl (uncredited)
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  Ben Hendricks Jr.
  'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)