Friday Classic Film Series at the Montauk Library

THE PUBLIC ENEMY

1931 • Passed • 1h 23m     Directed by William Wellman
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook, and Joan Blondell

A ruthless young Chicago gangster rises in the ranks of organized crime during Prohibition. Cagney’s performance is considered one of the most ferocious and iconic in Hollywood history. The Public Enemy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”