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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaThe adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.The adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.The adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.
Wade Boteler
- Detective
- (sin acreditar)
Ray Cooke
- Jimmy - Bellhop
- (sin acreditar)
Richard Cramer
- Cabbie
- (sin acreditar)
Bill Elliott
- Nightclub Patron under Title Credits
- (sin acreditar)
Peter Erkelenz
- Kansas City Dutch
- (sin acreditar)
Dick Gordon
- Nightclub Patron
- (sin acreditar)
Sherry Hall
- Tobacco Counterman
- (sin acreditar)
Lew Harvey
- Driver
- (sin acreditar)
Argumento
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- CuriosidadesLate in the movie when Jerry (Russell Hopton) shows Cagney his money-making scam of selling "swastika charms" there is an abrupt edit, probably a close-up of what the charm looked like. Swastikas had been considered good-luck charms until the advent of the Nazis two years after this movie was released, and the edit almost certainly took place between then and 1941 when other war-related edits took place in Hollywood (e.g., anything relating to Italy in The Marx Brothers Una noche en la ópera (1935).
- PifiasWhen Bert is in the car chase, they pass a Three Owl drug store, which was a West Coast chain, despite the scene being set in New York City. Other advertising also points to California: a See's candy store and a neon sign for Motorite motor oil from the Union Oil Co.
- Citas
Bert Harris: Oh, that dirty, double-crossin' rat! I'd like to get my hooks on him. I'd tear him to pieces!
- ConexionesFeatured in Hollywood and the Stars: How to Succeed as a Gangster (1963)
- Banda sonoraWhen Your Lover Has Gone
(1931) (uncredited)
Written by E.A. Swan
Played and sung during the credits by an uncredited tenor
Played by an orchestra at a nightclub
Played as background music when Bert proposes to Anne
Played as background music at the end
Reseña destacada
"The Age of Chiseling"
Bert Harris (James Cagney) is a bellhop at a small town hotel. When a looker (Joan Blondell as Anne Roberts) arrives, he arranges for her employment in the housekeeping department.
Bert is a schemer who is loose with the truth and has a love of the ladies. He says, "The world owes me a living." Despite the fact Bert is "not a collar ad", Anne is intrigued by his persona. But she is a good girl, immune to his advances. Still, they become partners and use a small-time frame to finance their move to a larger city.
Being a fan of films about grifting, I really enjoy this film, which includes multiple examples of the con. The stakes get higher as the story continues. One con is reminiscent of "The Sting".
It is also fun to watch pre-Code films, with their peculiar characteristics and their vernacular. Bert, though a criminal, displays an odd code of ethics that is central to the story, though unacceptable by Hays' standards.
Cagney displays his usual bluster and bravado. Blondell is charming. Watch for the very young Ray Milland.
Bert is a schemer who is loose with the truth and has a love of the ladies. He says, "The world owes me a living." Despite the fact Bert is "not a collar ad", Anne is intrigued by his persona. But she is a good girl, immune to his advances. Still, they become partners and use a small-time frame to finance their move to a larger city.
Being a fan of films about grifting, I really enjoy this film, which includes multiple examples of the con. The stakes get higher as the story continues. One con is reminiscent of "The Sting".
It is also fun to watch pre-Code films, with their peculiar characteristics and their vernacular. Bert, though a criminal, displays an odd code of ethics that is central to the story, though unacceptable by Hays' standards.
Cagney displays his usual bluster and bravado. Blondell is charming. Watch for the very young Ray Milland.
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- 19 nov 2015
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