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Picture Snatcher

  • 1933
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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James Cagney and Alice White in Picture Snatcher (1933)
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Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't li... Read allEx-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't like that relation at first, but McLean, Kean's boss, convinces him of Kean's good nature. B... Read allEx-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't like that relation at first, but McLean, Kean's boss, convinces him of Kean's good nature. But Kean uses his relation to Patricia to make a photo of an execution. Due to this, Nolan ... Read all

  • Director
    • Lloyd Bacon
  • Writers
    • Daniel Ahern
    • Allen Rivkin
    • P.J. Wolfson
  • Stars
    • James Cagney
    • Ralph Bellamy
    • Patricia Ellis
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Lloyd Bacon
    • Writers
      • Daniel Ahern
      • Allen Rivkin
      • P.J. Wolfson
    • Stars
      • James Cagney
      • Ralph Bellamy
      • Patricia Ellis
    • 39User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    James Cagney and Alice White in Picture Snatcher (1933)
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    James Cagney
    James Cagney
    • Danny Kean
    Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy
    • McLean
    Patricia Ellis
    Patricia Ellis
    • Patricia Nolan
    Alice White
    Alice White
    • Allison
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Jerry
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    • Police Lt. Casey Nolan
    Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    • Grover
    G. Pat Collins
    G. Pat Collins
    • Hennessy - Fireman
    • (as George Pat Collins)
    Arthur Vinton
    Arthur Vinton
    • John - Sing Sing Head Keeper
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • Leo
    Maurice Black
    Maurice Black
    • Speakeasy Proprietor
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Prison Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Don Brodie
    Don Brodie
    • Hood
    • (uncredited)
    James P. Burtis
    James P. Burtis
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    • James Peters - Drunken Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    George Chandler
    George Chandler
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Cora Sue Collins
    Cora Sue Collins
    • Jerry's Little Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Barber
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lloyd Bacon
    • Writers
      • Daniel Ahern
      • Allen Rivkin
      • P.J. Wolfson
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    • Trivia
      The scene of Danny photographing an execution is based an actual incident in which Chicago-based crime photographer Tom Howard (who was the grandfather of 'George Wendt') surreptitiously snapped the famous photo of convicted murderess Ruth Snyder's January 12, 1928 execution in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the New York Daily News.
    • Goofs
      When Jerry the Mug is shot in the back by the cops, his gun falls out of his hand as his body goes limp and then after the gun had already landed on the floor, Danny takes out the camera and snatches pictures of Jerry. But when the pictures get published in the newspapers it now shows Jerry the Mug with a gun still in his hand as he gets shot.
    • Quotes

      [Danny is giving a tour of his newspaper's printing room]

      Journalism Student: Yes, here it is - white wood pulp, plain white... Why, today it's raw, but tonight it's cooked with printer's ink, photographic art, the sweat of creative effort. Tomorrow it goes out and hundreds of thousands of men and women feed their starving, mediocre souls on the indiscretions and adventures of others. And then, a little while later, what is it?

      Danny Kean: Don't you know? They use it to wrap up herring.

    • Connections
      Featured in T'as pas 100 balles? (1975)
    • Soundtracks
      That's All That Matters To Me
      (1932) (uncredited)

      Music by Herb Magidson and Sam H. Stept

      Played throughout the film as well as at the beginning and the end.

    User reviews39

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    7/10
    Good fun with Cagney trying to go straight.
    At seventy-seven minutes in length, "Picture Snatcher" contains just enough action and comedy to support this little trifle.

    Cagney is terrific as a former mobster who gets released from prison and tries to make a go of it as a photographer for a local newspaper rag, which is edited by Ralph Bellamy.

    This film is from the first scene, where Cagney shows affection for the guards and warden, has a ridiculous story line all the way thru to the end. But it moves along at a breakneck pace and has several very good performances, so although we might know it's ridiculous, we really don't care.

    Alice White is terrific as a gun moll on the make for Cagney. Bellamy is good as Cagney's drunken editor.

    But the film belongs to Cagney, who turns in another terrific, under - appreciated performance.

    7 out of 10
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    • alfiefamily
    • Nov 24, 2004

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    • Release date
      • May 6, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ha entrado un fotógrafo
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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