movie poster for THE PUBLIC ENEMY

Flicks ID

4662

Cert

PG

Running time

79 mins

Country

America

Language

EnglishGermanItalian

Format

DVD

THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)

WILLIAM WELLMAN

ClassicsGangster/MobThrillerRobberies, Burglaries & HeistsRecommended

Cast

Plot

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.