IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,6/10
23.715
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Schon früh geraten die Freunde auf die schiefe Bahn. Während der Prohibition ist ihre große Zeit endlich gekommen, bald schon ist Tom als eiskalter Gangster gefürchtet.Schon früh geraten die Freunde auf die schiefe Bahn. Während der Prohibition ist ihre große Zeit endlich gekommen, bald schon ist Tom als eiskalter Gangster gefürchtet.Schon früh geraten die Freunde auf die schiefe Bahn. Während der Prohibition ist ihre große Zeit endlich gekommen, bald schon ist Tom als eiskalter Gangster gefürchtet.
- Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt
Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Paddy Ryan
- (as Robert O'Connor)
Lev Abramov
- Goon
- (Nicht genannt)
Clark Burroughs
- Dutch
- (Nicht genannt)
Mae Clarke
- Kitty
- (Nicht genannt)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
- Tom as a Boy
- (Nicht genannt)
George Daly
- Machine Gunner
- (Nicht genannt)
Frankie Darro
- Matt as a Boy
- (Nicht genannt)
Snitz Edwards
- Miller
- (Nicht genannt)
Rita Flynn
- Molly Doyle
- (Nicht genannt)
Dorothy Gee
- Nails' Girl
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesOn the set one day, James Cagney stared at Jean Harlow's nipples and asked, likely in perfect innocence and good humor, "How do you keep those things up?" "I ice them," Harlow said, before trotting off to her dressing room to do just that.
- PatzerIn 1915, when Tom meets Putty Nose at the pool hall, the sign on the wall says "Don't spit of the floor. Remember the Jamestown Flood". It was the city of Johnstown, not Jamestown than had the historic flood.
- Zitate
Tom Powers: [Tom stumbles from a gun fight gone wrong with the rival gang. He's barely walking and soaked from the rain] ... I ain't so tough.
[Tom collapses in the gutter]
- Crazy CreditsIt is the ambition of the authors of "The Public Enemy" to honestly depict the environment that exists today in a certain strata of American life, rather than glorify the hoodlum or the criminal. While the story of "The Public Enemy" is essentially a true story, all names and characters appearing herein, are purely fictional.
- Alternative VersionenFor a 1941 re-release, three scenes in "The Public Enemy" were censored to comply with the Production Code. These censored segments (including an extended edit of the scene involving the gay tailor) were restored for the 2005 DVD release.
- VerbindungenEdited into Three on a Match (1932)
- SoundtracksI'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
(1919) (uncredited)
Music by James Kendis, James Brockman and Nat Vincent
Played at various times throughout the film
Ausgewählte Rezension
Larger than life classic that chronicles the life of a street hustler turned crime lord in prohibition Chicago, based loosely on the various antics of the Irish mega-hoodlums, O'Bannon and Moran.
While we may never literally create a time machine, these old movies give you the miracle of observation at least of what life was once like. Sadly many of the old films have been destroyed through neglect, so the pickings are very slim. Public Enemy is one of the best old movies available. For only the sheer pleasure of seeing what all the fuss was about in Cagney and Harlow, it's worth a viewing. Director Wellman creates some extremely lasting images you won't want to miss, and it almost makes me think of the original Frankenstein for that reason. The final sequence especially is a dramatic example of lasting imagery in film, quite an unforgettable experience. If you like Godfather, Scarface, Goodfellas, and who doesn't, you owe it yourself to watch what may be the patriarch of the entire genre. Interestingly, while the film has a campy disclaimer demonizing the subject matter and mandating public action in order to address the evils of organized crime, it's rather obvious that the producers new exactly what they were really doing by making a film like this. Brutal as some of the action is, Cagney's charisma glorifies the gangster as much as Coppola, Scorsese and all the rest glorify modern organized crime. See it for yourself!!!
While we may never literally create a time machine, these old movies give you the miracle of observation at least of what life was once like. Sadly many of the old films have been destroyed through neglect, so the pickings are very slim. Public Enemy is one of the best old movies available. For only the sheer pleasure of seeing what all the fuss was about in Cagney and Harlow, it's worth a viewing. Director Wellman creates some extremely lasting images you won't want to miss, and it almost makes me think of the original Frankenstein for that reason. The final sequence especially is a dramatic example of lasting imagery in film, quite an unforgettable experience. If you like Godfather, Scarface, Goodfellas, and who doesn't, you owe it yourself to watch what may be the patriarch of the entire genre. Interestingly, while the film has a campy disclaimer demonizing the subject matter and mandating public action in order to address the evils of organized crime, it's rather obvious that the producers new exactly what they were really doing by making a film like this. Brutal as some of the action is, Cagney's charisma glorifies the gangster as much as Coppola, Scorsese and all the rest glorify modern organized crime. See it for yourself!!!
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Offizieller Standort
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- The Public Enemy
- Drehorte
- Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(convertible ride with Jean Harlow)
- Produktionsfirma
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 1.011.520 $
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 1.214.260 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 23 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
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