Director William Wellman and James Cagney on the set of Public Enemy, 1931. On the scaffold preparing to empty his Thompson submachine gun with live ammo on Cagney is the film’s Technical Advisor (uncredited), Los Angeles County Sheriff and WWI marksman Clem Peoples.

Director William Wellman and James Cagney on the set of Public Enemy, 1931. On the scaffold preparing to empty his Thompson submachine gun with live ammo on Cagney is the film’s Technical Advisor (uncredited), Los Angeles County Sheriff and WWI marksman Clem Peoples.

by NomadSound