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James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Warner Brothers re-released this movie to theaters in 1948, a new opening scene was added to explain that the 1935 movie did not reflect the FBI of the late 1940s. David Brian plays an FBI official addressing a group of new agent-recruits (among them Douglas Kennedy), for whom the old movie will be a history lesson.
- GoofsA crashing automobile knocks over a street lamp just before it runs into a building. The lamp falls away from the camera, so that its bottom is exposed. Clearly the lamp is a prop with no electrical wiring.
- Quotes
Jeff McCord: They're in that circle somewhere.
James 'Brick' Davis: Only six states. We've got them cornered.
- Alternate versionsFor the movie's 1949 re-release, a new scene was shot and stuck at the beginning of the movie. That scene is still in the picture every time it's shown on TV; it's also on the home video release, etc. In this added-14-years-later, pre-credits sequence, David Brian plays The Chief, and Douglas Kennedy plays an Agent.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dirty Harry's Way (1971)
- SoundtracksGo Into Your Dance
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Danced by the dance troupe at the nightclub
Featured review
Queen's first album or A Night at the Opera?
It's like Queen's fourth album - not as exciting, experimental or raw as their first release but better produced and more professional. Similarly as a piece of cinema this is better than PUBLIC ENEMY but lacks a little of the wow factor.
The premise of James Cagney playing some sort of civil servant might deter you from watching this but there's no need to worry. This is as good as a 1930s gangster film can be. It's more polished than those from the start of the decade when Zanuck was running the show but that gloss has not taken away any of the edginess or energy. Although in this Cagney has meant to have been to law school, so is maybe 1% posher than usual, he's still 101% Cagney. Cagney couldn't possibly be more typically Cagney as he is in this.
The story is still your typical 1930s gangster picture with one exception - the police aren't complete idiots like they often were. Like with the earlier classics there's some familiar faces - including Regis Toomey, ex-leading man now just a bit player and Noel Madison, the go-to 'American' in countless home grown English comedies of the late 30s. Most famous familiar face is however ex-Warner Brothers supremo, Daryl Zanuck who took time out of his new day job, running a little concern called Twentieth Century Fox to actually write this!
The premise of James Cagney playing some sort of civil servant might deter you from watching this but there's no need to worry. This is as good as a 1930s gangster film can be. It's more polished than those from the start of the decade when Zanuck was running the show but that gloss has not taken away any of the edginess or energy. Although in this Cagney has meant to have been to law school, so is maybe 1% posher than usual, he's still 101% Cagney. Cagney couldn't possibly be more typically Cagney as he is in this.
The story is still your typical 1930s gangster picture with one exception - the police aren't complete idiots like they often were. Like with the earlier classics there's some familiar faces - including Regis Toomey, ex-leading man now just a bit player and Noel Madison, the go-to 'American' in countless home grown English comedies of the late 30s. Most famous familiar face is however ex-Warner Brothers supremo, Daryl Zanuck who took time out of his new day job, running a little concern called Twentieth Century Fox to actually write this!
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- Budget
- $450,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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