The Public Menace

The Public Menace

1935 · 72 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Comedy

1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.

Directed by Erle C. Kenton · Written by Ethel Hill

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