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Titolo originale: The Public Enemy
Regia: William A. Wellman |
Anno: 1931
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma
Tag: gangster | anti hero | tragedy | organized crime | best friend | juvenile delinquent | pre-code | grapefruit |
Cast: James Cagney | Jean Harlow | Edward Woods | Joan Blondell | Donald Cook | Leslie Fenton | Beryl Mercer | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Murray Kinnell | Clark Burroughs | Mae Clarke | Frank Coghlan Jr. | George Daly | Frankie Darro | Snitz Edwards | Rita Flynn | Dorothy Gee | Douglas Gerrard | Dorothy Gray | Ben Hendricks Jr. | Robert Homans | Eddie Kane | Mia Marvin | Sam McDaniel | Helen Parrish | Lee Phelps | Russ Powell | Purnell Pratt | Nanci Price | Joe Sawyer | Landers Stevens | William H. Strauss | Charles Sullivan | Lucille Ward | Adele Watson |

Nell'America del 1909, alle soglie del proibizionismo, il ritratto senza reticenze dell'ascesa e della caduta di un gangster, Tom Powers, dall'infanzia trascorsa nelle strade di un quartiere povero di New York alle prime imprese criminose insieme con il fido amico Matt Doyle, dagli amori travagliati con la fidanzata Kitty e la bellissima Gwen Allen alla tragica fine per mano di una banda rivale.

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The "Foreword" mentions that the movie is to depict "a certain strata of American life." "Strata" is [...] D
In 1915, when Tom meets Putty Nose at the pool hall, the sign on the wall says "Don't spit of the fl [...] D
When Mike opens the door and Tom's dead body falls to the floor, there is a solid black background, [...] D
At the end when Tom's dead body is left at the doorstep of the family home, he sways back before fal [...] D
The newspaper headline preceding the bombing of Paddy Ryan's bar starts with "Gangland Prepares For [...] D
In the scene were Tom and Mike are talking at the kitchen table Tom's hat brim goes from being up to [...] D
Mic shadow (apparently disguised with leaves) in early scene where girl trips while roller skating. D
In the scene where Paddy Ryan's bar is bombed, there are two individuals standing up in an open car [...] D
Although the story takes place immediately after World War I, in the early 1920s, all of the cars, m [...] D
When in the kitchen where James Cagney tries to give his mother some money, the kitchen table is cov [...] D
When Molly is reading the cards on the flowers sent for Mike's homecoming, the shadow of the boom mi [...] D
Mike Powers' Marine Corps jacket has a shoulder patch of the US Army 2nd Infantry Division, with its [...] D
As a truck is leaving the Leehman Brewing Company, the shadow of a boom mic is visible on the side o [...] D
Near the end of the film, Tom Powers is hiding by the stairs, waiting in the rain for his enemies. A [...] D
The opening scenes of the movie supposedly take place in Chicago in 1909, yet there are many automob [...] D
When Powers feigns ignorance about guns, the salesman carefully explains the workings of a .38 revol [...] D
When the phonograph needle is put on the record for the music that will play throughout the last sce [...] D
When Mike confronts Tom at the dinner scene (where the keg of beer is on the table) about Tom's ille [...] D
As Tom and Matt leave the fur warehouse after their aborted robbery attempt early in the film, Matt [...] D
In the scene where Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are strafed by assassin's machine guns, Cagney ducks be [...] D
After Tom trips a roller skating Molly with a string you can spot the entire contraptions shadow rai [...] D
Tom Powers body falls face first to the floor. However, following the scene where his mother making [...] D

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