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The Public Enemy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
Kubec Glasmon
John Bright
Screenplay by
Harvey F. Thew[1]
Based on
Beer and Blood by
John Bright
Kubec Glasmon
Produced by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring
James Cagney
Jean Harlow
Edward Woods
Joan Blondell
Cinematography
Devereaux Jennings
Edited by
Edward Michael McDermott
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
April 23, 1931 (1931-04-23)
Running time
83 minutes[2][3]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$151,000[4] or $230,000[5]
Box office
$557,000[5]
The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK)[6] is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster 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 The screenplay is based on an unpublished novel—Beer and Blood by two former newspapermen, John Bright and Kubec Glasmon—who had witnessed some of Al Capone's murderous gang rivalries in Chicago.[7][8]
In 1998, The Public Enemy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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^ abWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p. 11 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
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