When the Wife runs off the tram to escape from him, she narrowly avoids being hit by heavy city traffic and is rescued by her husband.His wife Mrs.Alexander (Adrienne Corri), wearing a red pajama suit, reads in a white plastic chair.When the doorbell rings (to the chimed tune of Beethoven""s Fifth Symphony!) and she answers, Alex pleads and claims that there has been "a terrible accident" and he must use their phone to call an ambulance: "It""s a matter of life and death.While the story of ""The Public Enemy"" is essentially a true story, all names and characters appearing herein, are purely fictional." It was revealed that Scott Evil""s mother was actually Frau Farbissina ("You are my love child with Dr.