The Public Enemy
Film · 84 min · English · 1931
Directed by William A. Wellman
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 crim…
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The Vitaphone CorporationReference entity — not verified- Catalogued entity (metadata)
- The Vitaphone Corporation
- Country of origin
- United States
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- 2026-09-27
- Registry ID
- MRR-1931-FLM-912945
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