Public Enemies (1996 film)

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Public Enemies
Public Enemies 1996.jpg
The poster for the VHS release.
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Written by C. Courtney Joyner
Produced by
  • Mark L. Lester
  • Dana Dubovsky
Starring
Cinematography Misha Suslov
Music by Christopher Franke
Production
company
Trimark Pictures
Distributed by Lionsgate [1]
Vidmark [2]
Release date
  • November 1996 (1996-11)
Running time
95 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Public Enemies is a 1996 biographical crime-drama thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester. The movie, which centers on the 1930s figure Ma Barker and her criminal sons, was filmed in Guthrie, Oklahoma. [3] The film was released ondirect-to-video in the United States in November 1996 and was distributed in the said country by Lionsgate, produced by Trimark Pictures.

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Plot

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.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ United States only
  2. ↑ VHS release only.
  3. ↑ "Public Enemies: Review". TV Guide . Red Ventures. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.


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