PEOPLE'S ENEMY aka Racketeers (1935) Preston Foster & Lila Lee | Action, Crime, Drama | B&W

The People's Enemy is a 1935 American crime film directed by Crane Wilbur, from a screenplay by Gordon Kahn and Edward Dean Sullivan, based on Sullivan's story. The film stars Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, and Charles Coburn.

SYNOPSIS
Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became rich what he craved for was respectability. So why not marry a lovely society lady? And with a young daughter as a bonus Mister Falcone could show off among the creme de la creme. Of course when times got rough he felt free to desert his wife and little girl. Fortunately Taps, a lawyer working for the underworld, will console them both.

CAST & CREW
Preston Foster as Vince M. Falcone
Lila Lee as Catherine Carr
Melvyn Douglas as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
Shirley Grey as Ann Griffin
Roscoe Ates as Slip Laflin
William Collier Jr. as Tony Falcone
Sybil Elaine as Mary Carr
Herbert Rawlinson as Philip Francis Duke Ware
Charles Coburn as Judge Hays
Sheldon Leonard as 3rd Department of Justice Representative
Robert Shayne as 1st Department of Justice Representative

Directed by Crane Wilbur
Screenplay by Gordon Kahn
Edward Dean Sullivan
Story by Edward Dean Sullivan
Produced by Burt Kelly
Starring Preston Foster
Melvyn Douglas
Charles Coburn
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Sam Levitt
Edited by William P. Thompson
Production
company
Select Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
March 15, 1935