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Public Enemies is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mark L. Lester released in USA on 19 april 1996 with Theresa Russell
Public Enemies (1996)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 april 1996
Length 1h35
Directed by Mark L. Lester
OriginUSA
Themes Gangster films
Rating42%
Public Enemies is a 1996 film directed by Mark L. Lester. The movie centers on the 1930s figure Ma Barker and her criminal sons. The movie was filmed in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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Sexually abused by her brothers, Kate Barker runs away to become involved in bootlegging. She marries decent George Barker and gives birth to four sons, Herman, Arthur ("Doc"), Lloyd and Freddie. However, when George's law-abiding ways fail to provide for the family, "Ma" encourages her sons to commit crimes. Soon they become notorious criminals. FBI leader, J Edgar Hoover puts agent Melvin Purvis on the case. Meanwhile Alvin Karpis joins the gang. An attempted robbery leaves one Barker son, Herman, dead, and another Freddie, captured. Arthur Dunlop, a corrupt prison guard, helps Freddie escape and becomes Ma's lover. Dunlop plans a kidnapping that will net them $100,000, but it nearly goes wrong because of his incompetence. The gang kill him. They also kill another incompetent associate, a mob-doctor who messes up an attempt at plastic surgery. By this time Purvis is onto them. Lloyd and Arthur are arrested in Chicago, and Ma and Freddie are killed in a shootout in Florida.Actors
Theresa Russell
(Kate Barker)
Eric Roberts
(Arthur Dunlop)
Alyssa Milano
(Amaryllis)
James Marsden
(Doc Barker)
Richard Eden
(George Barker)
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