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The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
(released as
Enemies of the Public
in the United Kingdom) is a 1931 American
all-talking
Pre-Code
crime film produced and distributed by
Warner Bros.
. The film was directed by
William A. Wellman
and stars
James Cagney
,
Jean Harlow
,
Edward Woods
,
Donald Cook
, and
Joan Blondell
. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the
criminal underworld
in
prohibition
-era urban America. The supporting players include
Beryl Mercer
,
Murray Kinnell
, and
Mae Clarke
. The screenplay is based on a never-published novel by two former street thugs —
Beer and Blood
by
John Bright
and
Kubec Glasmon
— who had witnessed some of
Al Capone
's murderous gang rivalries in
Chicago
.
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