About
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
Theatrical
Sep 3, 1943
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
William Cagney Productions
Cast
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James Cagney
Tom Richards
M
Marjorie Main
'Gashouse' Mary
M
Marjorie Lord
Jane
H
Hattie McDaniel
Aida
E
Edward McNamara
W.M. Dougherty
W
William Henry
Pete Dougherty
R
Robert Barrat
Bill Swain
G
George Cleveland
Willie Ferguson
M
Margaret Hamilton
Myrtle Ferguso
N
Norman Willis
Dudley Hirsh
L
Lucien Littlefield
Blaker
E
Edwin Stanley
Winterbottom
I
Irving Bacon
Chief of Police
C
Clarence Muse
Butler
W
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Bouncer
T
Tom Dugan
Cop
C
Charles Irwin
Cop
J
John Sheehan
Cop
J
John 'Skins' Miller
Tramp
A
Arthur Hunnicutt
Tramp
