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By Forrest P (161) on 06 Jan 2011

Cagney is explosive as gangster Tom Powers…

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By Derek G (129) on 16 Nov 2010

The movie that launched James Cagney into stardom and one of the 3 earliest classic gangster movies of the talkie era, along with Little Caesar…

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By Rick A (191) on 05 Nov 2010

The film follows the formula of many crime drama's closely, and although it may be one of the first to do this, the fact remains that it does…

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By Blind P (145) on 04 Nov 2010

The Public Enemy is absolutely hilarious in its rags to riches tale of Cagney the hood…

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By Chris D (2,215) on 12 Oct 2010

With some well done cinematography and excellent drama, The Public Enemy is my favorite early gangster film…

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By Matt P (653) on 05 Oct 2010

Like most gangster pictures of that time, The Public Enemy follows the same basic plot structure, but does it in a way that forms a narrative…

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By Aj V (1,538) on 02 Sep 2010

Typical gangster story, predictable, but with an unexpected ending…

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By Ingrid G (64) on 13 Aug 2010

This movie follows the same usual gangster movie plot and structure. The only real surprise in the story comes at the end…

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By Jens T (504) on 31 Jul 2010

I love the way Cagney just stares everyone down, sizing them up in every scene…

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By Lisa R (646) on 06 Jun 2010

My favorite movie of all time. It proves that you don't need special effects to make a movie great…

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By Tomas T (176) on 04 Jun 2010

The Public Enemy is perhaps one of the earliest Mob movies made in Hollywood and gives a strong start for the genre…

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By Andrew F (1,053) on 02 Apr 2010

It was an okay movie. But to be fair I did sleep through part of it. I loved the ending…

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By Doctor S (657) on 05 Feb 2010

I need to develop more patience for earlier Hollywood films, but this had such an eye-bulging performance from Cagney…

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By Nick G (800) on 05 Feb 2010

Classic early gangster film. James Cagney is easily one of the best actors of all time…

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By Jarred L (70) on 06 Jan 2010

Great, the classic gangster movie owes so much to this film and that's more than evident when you see it…

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By Dim H (1) on 01 Jan 2010

I expected more from jhonny depp the movie is not that good…

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By Andrew I (238) on 17 Dec 2009

Decent gangster flick with some amusing moments, but all in all, rather slow and disappointing compared to White Heat…

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By Alice S (528) on 09 Dec 2009

There is a scene in here where James comes around the corner and there is a gunner waiting for him, they used real bullets back…

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By Andrew U (319) on 27 Sep 2009

Worth watching as an early an important example in the gangster genre…

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By Martin T (888) on 22 Sep 2009

I seriously have nothing to say about this. It's got some characters and they do some stuff, and it ends. It's a movie…

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