My wife just expressed grave incredulity that she married me – that broad’s crazy about me, doncha think?!
The People’s Enemy (1935) is a dreary little crime flick that follows the sordid drama involving three men, centering around Vince Falcone, headed for prison as he finally commits a crime that even his lawyer, Traps Stuart, cannot successfully defend, and Falcone cannot bribe his way out of, despite a hefty donation that should have been managed by another lawyer, Duke Ware. As Falcone stews in prison, his brother, Tony, tries to dig out what happened, but the reality is that Vince’s refusal to take responsibility for how his life is turning out is the driving force in his break-out from prison – and his pursuit of Stuart, as someone has to take the fall for Falcone’s lack of ethics.
This isn’t a study in morality, nor an explanation for the ice water that Stuart appears to have running through his veins. It’s simply a matter of the bad guys getting it, while the good guys … get their due, I suppose. I was bored.
