The Public Enemy
The charismatic James Cagney in the role that rightly made him a star! He plays a small-time hood who claws his way to the top, only to find it's further to fall. Mae Clarke co-stars (in the classic grapefruit-in-the-face scene) with Jean Harlow. Although the film went to great lengths not to glamourize criminal activity -€” providing a moralistic introduction and conclusion designed to ward off censorship - many powerful people felt otherwise, (largely due to Cagney's dynamic performance), and the film's notoriety helped install the more draconian Production Code of 1934.
Year: 1931
Genre: Classic Film Noir, Best of the 1930s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: USA
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Beryl Mercer, Eddie Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke
Duration: 81 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains violence.
7.7/10
Location in store: Classic Noir
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