The Public Enemy

Grown up poor in early-20th-century Chicago, Tom Powers (James Cagney) got used to taking what he wanted. When Prohibition came in, he was ready to grab easy cash as a bootlegger's muscle, but the bill for a criminal lifestyle would ultimately come due. Star-making gangster cycle foundation piece from Warner co-stars Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Eddie Woods, Jean Harlow, and (in the classic grapefruit-in-the-kisser scene) Mae Clarke. William A. Wellman directs. 84 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; newsreel footage; bonus shorts "The Eyes Have It" (1931), "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!" (1931); theatrical trailers.