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Public Hero ﹟1 is a 1935 American crime film starring Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris and Joseph Calleia. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production was directed by J. Walter Ruben.
Public Hero Number 1: Directed by J. Walter Ruben. With Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia. A G-man goes undercover to infiltrate a gang, helping the group's leader escape from prison to gain his trust.
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- Crime, Drama
- J. Walter Ruben
- 1935-05-31
Public Hero No. 1 - (Original Trailer) An undercover G-man (Chester Morris) helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob's secrets. Co-starring Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore.
- J. Walter Ruben, Bob Barnes, Hugh Boswell
- Lionel Barrymore
Public Hero No. 1. Ambitious FBI agent Jeff Crane (Chester Morris) accepts an undercover assignment in a federal penitentiary. Instructed to gather information on kingpin and fellow inmate...
- J. Walter Ruben
- Crime, Drama
- Lionel Barrymore
Public Hero No. 1. 1935: J. Walter Ruben director; starring Chester Morris, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur. This potboiler from MGM has Morris (as an undercover FBI agent, the eponymous Public Hero No. 1) going after a Purple Gang crime boss (Public Enemy No. 1).
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
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