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Rating: Q=6, P=4 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=2, Scale 4=2
Gangster, Crime, Classic, Film Noir
I found this film very entertaining, especially the dialogue and relationships between characters. Gang members are more family than actual family, it seems. A life of crime is a short life, as the film proclaims at the end:
The end of Tom Powers is the end of every hoodlum. "The Public Enemy" is not a man, nor is it a character--it is a problem that sooner or later WE the public must solve.
James Cagney gives one of his most celebrated performances. Still a great film after nearly 90 years.
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The end of Tom Powers is the end of every hoodlum. "The Public Enemy" is not a man, nor is it a character--it is a problem that sooner or later WE the public must solve.
James Cagney gives one of his most celebrated performances. Still a great film after nearly 90 years.
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