James Cagney born July 17, in 1899 - 70 roles including White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Public Enemy, The Roaring Twenties, Love Me or Leave Me, The Strawberry Blonde, Mister Roberts, Ragtime... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/james-cagney/ | Classic Movie Hub

This scene from The Public Enemy 1931 was directed by William Wellman. The movie follows self-made gangsters Tommy Powers and Matt Doyle as they go from petty thieves to big-time booze runners during the prohibition. Here they corner a rival who left them in the lurch at their first job. They were close to being arrested and one of the gang was killed. ✨SPOILER ALERT: ✨Things don’t end great for the rival, as shown here. The violence is all off-camera, and that makes it more impactful because th

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Remembering James Cagney in... Public Enemy The grapefruit Scene The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) is a 1931 American all-talking 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 K