A mobster breaks out of prison to kill his ex-wife's new husband - who, by accident, is a FBI agent trying to capture him..


If you have ninety minutes to kill and a strange fondness for grainy black-and-white crime dramas, Public Enemy's Wife might do the trick. It is not exactly high art, and if you are looking for a gritty masterpiece, you should probably look elsewhere. But if you just want to see Cesar Romero being dramatic and some old...
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"If you have ninety minutes to kill and a strange fondness for grainy black-and-white crime dramas, Public Enemy's Wife might do the trick. It is not exactly high art, and if you are looking for a gritty masterpiece, you should probably look elsewhere. But if you just want to see Cesar Romero being dramatic and some old-school FBI hijinks, you will find something here to like. People who hate stuffy, slow-paced plots will probably find this one a bit too predictable for their taste. The whole th..."

Al Bridge
Abem Finkel, P.J. Wolfson, Harold Buckley, David O. Selznick
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