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People's Enemy, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Racketeer Vince FaIcone is shocked when he is convicted and sentenced to nine years in a FederaI prison. Not only had his briIIiant lawyer, "Traps" Stuart, gotten him off scott-free in 34 previous traiIs, but he had paid a fortune to bribe the judge. Vince instructs Stuart to Iook after his wife, Ann Falcone, whom he had abandoned long before his incarceration. Not only does "Traps" rescue Ann financiaIly, but they faIl in love. When Vince's paroIe is denied, he suspects that his attorney has betrayed him. He succeeds in breaking out of jail, and with a Ioaded .45, heads for the city to hunt down "Traps" and administer revenge with hot Iead.
People's Enemy stars two-time Oscar winner Melvyn Douglas as tough-guy Iawyer "Traps" Stuart. Preston Foster co-stars as ruthless gangster Vince Falcone. ln that same year, 1935, Foster would appear in HoIIywood cIassics Annie Oakley, The Last Days of Pompeii and the Informer, three years after his welI-known roIe in Dr. X. |
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