The Public Enemy 1931 123movies

Watch: The Public Enemy 1931 123movies, Full Movie Online – Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters, their lives frowned upon by Tom’s straitlaced brother, Mike, and Matt’s straitlaced sister, Molly. From their teen-aged years into young adulthood, Tom and Matt have an increasingly lucrative life, bootlegging during the Prohibition era. But Tom in particular becomes more and more brazen in what he is willing to do, and becomes more obstinate and violent against those who either disagree with him or cross him. When one of their colleagues dies in a freak accident, a rival bootlegging faction senses weakness among Tom and Matt’s gang, which is led by Paddy Ryan. A gang war ensues, resulting in Paddy suggesting that Tom and Matt lay low. But because of Tom’s basic nature, he decides instead to take matters into his own hands..
Plot: 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 criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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Still riveting, over 70 years later!
Most films made in the early 30s are entertaining only as period pieces that give us a glimpse into another era. Often they are so dated that they’ve become unintentionally funny.

The Public Enemy is a totally different thing. It is such a well-crafted and honest film that it still has the power to shock us. The violence in this film is every bit as brutal as anything in a modern “gangsta” flick, even though some of it takes place off-camera.

Based on the stills I had seen of the grapefruit scene, I thought it would be a light-hearted moment. In fact, it’s anything but. In that encounter, Cagney’s character exhibits a total disregard for others that is downright chilling.

The final scene is extremely disturbing. You won’t forget it.

One of the greatest films of its time
This is the film that made Jimmy Cagney a star and, along with LITTLE CAESAR and SCARFACE (with Paul Muni, not the modern ultra-violent version), made the gangster genre king at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. And, while there were so many more similar films after it, very, very few came close to it in style, impact and story. In fact, it’s Cagney’s best gangster film other than WHITE HEAT (his tour-de-force and Film Noir classic from 1949).

A lot of the reason it’s such a great film is that since it was a new-style film, it doesn’t seem clichéd or derivative. Plus, it takes a strong and unflinching tone that NEVER would have been possible under the stricter guidelines of the Hays Office only a few short years later. Instead of just telling you that Cagney is a heartless jerk or showing him do some “sanitized” violence, he is a cruel man who is vile enough to slam a half a grapefruit in his girlfriend’s face–just because he’s bored with their relationship. And, he becomes a top gangster by being an enforcer–slugging, stealing and killing his way through organized crime. And, in the very end, the film ends with the best final scene in gangster history (except, once again for WHITE HEAT and its amazing finale).

You can see why this film made Cagney a star–a great film in every way.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Crime, Drama
Director William A. Wellman
Writer Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Harvey F. Thew
Actors James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Brunswick Radios Used Exclusively)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,225 m (8 reels) (UK), 2,285 m (8 reels) (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm