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
The Public Enemy, along with Little Caesar and Scarface, set the standard for the gangster film. Though films about crime had been done in the silent era, sound was what really ushered in this particular genre. I've always maintained that musicals and gangster films are the only two movie genres that date from the sound era.
Of course this film about a young man's rise to prominence in the bootleg liquor business during Prohibition made James Cagney a star. Interestingly enough Edward Woods was originally supposed to be Tom Powers and Cagney was cast as best friend Matt Doyle. After some footage had been shot, Director William Wellman scrapped it and had Cagney and Woods exchange roles. Stars get born in many and strange ways.
Some critics have complained about Beryl Mercer's part as Cagney's mother, saying she's overacts the ditziness. I disagree with that completely. In the prologue section with Cagney and Woods as juveniles, there is a two parent household. The boys have a stern Irish father and a mom who'd spoil them if she could. The older kid who is later played by Donald Cook has more the benefit of the two family home and both influences. That and the fact that World War I leaves him partially disabled prevents him from thinking about the gangster trade. Cagney misses the war and is spoiled by mom.
I knew a woman like Beryl, in her own world with a stream of nonsensical chatter to keep out the reality of things. Her portrayal for me rings true.
Oddly enough in The Roaring Twenties Cagney is a veteran who enters the rackets because he can't get a legitimate job and its easy money.
Both The Public Enemy and Little Caesar are short films, edited down to the essentials so the viewer ain't bored for a minute. Warner Brothers sure knew how to do those gangster flicks.
Of course this film about a young man's rise to prominence in the bootleg liquor business during Prohibition made James Cagney a star. Interestingly enough Edward Woods was originally supposed to be Tom Powers and Cagney was cast as best friend Matt Doyle. After some footage had been shot, Director William Wellman scrapped it and had Cagney and Woods exchange roles. Stars get born in many and strange ways.
Some critics have complained about Beryl Mercer's part as Cagney's mother, saying she's overacts the ditziness. I disagree with that completely. In the prologue section with Cagney and Woods as juveniles, there is a two parent household. The boys have a stern Irish father and a mom who'd spoil them if she could. The older kid who is later played by Donald Cook has more the benefit of the two family home and both influences. That and the fact that World War I leaves him partially disabled prevents him from thinking about the gangster trade. Cagney misses the war and is spoiled by mom.
I knew a woman like Beryl, in her own world with a stream of nonsensical chatter to keep out the reality of things. Her portrayal for me rings true.
Oddly enough in The Roaring Twenties Cagney is a veteran who enters the rackets because he can't get a legitimate job and its easy money.
Both The Public Enemy and Little Caesar are short films, edited down to the essentials so the viewer ain't bored for a minute. Warner Brothers sure knew how to do those gangster flicks.
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- 15. Dez. 2005
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- Auch bekannt als
- The Public Enemy
- Drehorte
- Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(convertible ride with Jean Harlow)
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- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 1.011.520 $
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 1.214.260 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 23 Minuten
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