L'ennemi public n° 1

Original title: Manhattan Melodrama

1934
Approved
1h 33m

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7.1/10

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Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and William Powell in L'ennemi public n° 1 (1934)

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

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Crime Drama Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins total

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7/10

Die the Way You Lived

Solid MGM crime drama that is best remembered today as the film John Dillinger saw just before being gunned down by federal agents. The story is a simple one about two men (William Powell, Clark Gable) who grew up together but are on opposite sides of the law. Myrna Loy also stars as the woman initially with Blackie (Gable) who falls for and marries Jim (Powell). Great director and trio of stars with fantastic chemistry elevate this above otherwise banal plot. Young Blackie is played by, of all people, Mickey Rooney! Must've been one hell of a puberty. Also of note is the song "The Bad in Every Man," sung by Shirley Ross here. The song would later be given new lyrics by Lorenz Hart and become the classic standard "Blue Moon."

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Dec 15, 2013
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Trivia
The opening scenes depict the General Slocum disaster on the morning of June 15, 1904. The popular excursion steamer caught fire in New York's East River while transporting passengers to a picnic organized by St. Mark's Evangelical German Lutheran Church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. With an estimated 1,021 fatalities, mostly women and children, this was New York City's single worst tragedy, in terms of lives lost, before 9/11. An incompetent, inexperienced crew was held primarily to blame for the tragedy.

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In the cheering New York City crowds on Jim Wade's election night, supposedly in November 1925, theatre marquees are promoting 1933 films, including MGM's Les invités de huit heures (1933) and Mademoiselle Volcan (1933) with Michael Strogoff (1910).