Who played Tom Powers in the 1931 film ‘The Public Enemy’?
The Public Enemy confront. The Public Enemy 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 Kinnell, and Mae Clarke. The screenplay is based on an unpublished novel by two former street thugs — "Beer and Blood" by John Bright and Kubec
The Public Enemy the film which cause title character Tony Soprano to become overwhelmed by feelings of grief following his mother's death. In 2003 the character of Tom Powers was among the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains, placing 42nd in the villain list. In 2008, the film appeared on one of the AFI's 10 Top 10 lists—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres. "The Public Enemy" was listed as the eighth best in the gangster film genre. The film was re-released in 1941 after the Production Code was put into effect. Three scenes from the film were cut because