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The outlaw was seen not as a troubled or even vicious man but an outcast, the victim of an injustice against which he was expected to direct his rage. In 1931 the actor James Cagney appeared in the movie Public Enemy and, like few other actors, would come to personify this sentiment. As a man who is victimized by some injustice, Cagney wages a violent and single-minded war against his oppressors, dying only when the criminal nature of his conduct becomes all too evident; but he never loses his faith in values, which are similar to those of the audience. This theme retained its popularity throughout the early years of the decade. Hundreds of such movies were produced and distributed to an eager public. Then the world changed again. With the arrival of the New Deal, some sense of order, hope, and even...
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