"You are different, Tommy. Very different. And I've discovered it isn't only a difference in manner and outward appearances. It's a difference in basic character. The men I know - and I've known dozens of them - oh, they're so nice, so polished, so considerate. Most women like that type. I guess they're afraid of the other kind. I thought I was too, but you're so strong. You don't give, you take. Oh, Tommy, I could love you to death. [Tommy and Gwen embrace and kiss passionately]"

"Rita Flynn - Molly Doyle (uncredited)"

"Edward Woods - Matt Doyle"

"Murray Kinnell - Putty Nose"

"Robert Emmett O'Connor - Paddy Ryan"

"Snitz Edwards - Miller (uncredited)"

"Hey, Stupe, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford."

"Clark Burroughs - Dutch (uncredited)"

"Donald Cook - Mike Powers"

"James Cagney - Tom Powers"

"He Makes All Men's Land NO-MAN'S-LAND! THE PUBLIC ENEMY Who Is He? BORN OF GREED! EDUCATED IN EVIL! EXISTED BY GUILE!"

"Joan Blondell - Mamie"

"Beryl Mercer - Ma Powers"

"Mae Clarke - Kitty (uncredited)"

"Frankie Darro - Matt as a Boy (uncredited)"

"[Young Tom grabs his pants just as his father is about to spank him] How do you want 'em this time, up or down?"

"[Stumbling severely wounded after a gun fight with a rival gang and soaking in heavy rain] ... I ain't so tough. [Then collapses in the gutter]"

"George Daly - Machine Gunner (uncredited)"

"Frank Coghlan Jr - Tom as a Boy (uncredited)"

"Lev Abramov - Goon (uncredited)"

"Leslie Fenton - Samuel 'Nails' Nathan"

"That sister of yours ain't getting any bargain in Mike."

"Why that dirty, no good, yellow-bellied stool. I'm gonna give it to him right in the head the first time I see him."

"As far as Paddy Ryan's concerned, there are only two kinds of people - right and wrong. I think you're right. And you'll find out that I am."

"Howard Hawks as Man on Bed (uncredited)"

"Tully Marshall as Managing Editor"

"Vince Barnett as Angelo"

"Inez Palange as Mrs. Camonte, Tony's Mother"

"Karen Morley as Poppy"

"Seven of 'em. Lined up against a wall. Mowed down just like that. They didn't have a chance."

"Osgood Perkins as John "Johnny" Lovo"

"Edwin Maxwell as Chief of Detectives"

"I get you a hunk of soap, you take a bath in it."

"I told you you'd show up this way. Get you in a jam without a gun and you squeal like a yellow rat. Come on, climb into this (handcuffs)."

"Nice little thug. He give 'em a writ of hocus pocus."

"[Holding a tommy gun] Lookit, Johnny, you can carry it around like a baby!"

"You're a butcher! That's what you are! You're a butcher!"

"When you're layin' in an alley with your head blown off, maybe you'll learn how this business ought to be run."

"That's rotten. "Costillo Slaying Starts Gang War" ... You'll need 40 men on this story for the next five years. Do you know what's happening? This town is up for the grabs. Get me? You know, Costillo was the last of the old-fashioned gangleaders. There's a new crew coming out. And every guy that's got money enough to buy a gun is gonna try to step into his place. You see? They'll be shooting each other like rabbits for the control of the booze business. Do you get it? It will be just like war. That's it! WAR! You put that in the lead! WAR - GANG WAR."

"Paul Muni as Antonio "Tony" Camonte"

"Ann Dvorak as Francesca "Cesca" Camonte"

"C. Henry Gordon as Police Inspector Ben Guarino"

"George Raft as Guino "Little Boy" Rinaldo"

"Boris Karloff as Tom Gaffney"

"Purnell Pratt as Publisher Garston"

"Hey, Cesca, you and me, huh? We'll show them. We'll lick them all, the North Side, the South Side! We'll lick the whole world!"

"He hurt you. He hurt you. He hurt everybody."

"I don't know nothin'. I don't see nothin'. I don't hear nothin'. When I do I don't tell the cops. Understand?"

"Ah, he ain't so tough. Hanging out in a flower shop. You afraid of a guy like that?"