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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| James Cagney | ... | 'Brick' Davis | |
| Margaret Lindsay | ... | Kay McCord | |
| Ann Dvorak | ... | Jean Morgan | |
| Robert Armstrong | ... | Jeff McCord | |
| Barton MacLane | ... | Collins | |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Hugh Farrell | |
| William Harrigan | ... | 'Mac' McKay | |
| Russell Hopton | ... | Gerard | |
| Edward Pawley | ... | Danny Leggett | |
| Noel Madison | ... | Durfee | |
| Monte Blue | ... | Fingerprint Expert | |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Eddie Buchanan | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Bruce J. Gregory | |
| Harold Huber | ... | Venke | |
| Raymond Hatton | ... | Gangsters' Messenger with Warning | |
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It's the early days of the F.B.I. - federal agents working for the Department of Justice. Though they've got limited powers - they don't carry weapons and have to get local police approval for arrests - that doesn't stop fresh Law School grad Eddie Buchanan from joining up, and he encourages his former roommate James "Brick" Davis (James Cagney) to do so as well. But Davis wants to be an honest lawyer, not a shyster, despite his ties to mobster boss McKay, and he's intent on doing so, until Buchanan is gunned down trying to arrest career criminal Danny Leggett. Davis soon joins the "G-Men" as they hunt down Leggett (soon-to-be Public Enemy Number One) and his cronies Collins and Durfee, who are engaged in a crime and murder spree from New York to the midwest. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
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Country:
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4 May 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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In this film, which was made after one of the many "censorship" reforms, the gangsters are never seen using the common gangster weapon: the Thompson Sub-Machine Gun. In an effort to curb the violence in movies, the new "production codes" forbade the use of the weapon by gangsters on camera for fear that it would corrupt the youth of America (a fact explained in the Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) DVD documentary). This is especially evident during the lodge shootout. All of the cops and FBI agents have Tommy guns, 12-gauge pump shotguns and automatic pistols, while the gangsters only have revolvers and lever-action rifles. See more »Goofs
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Recently, I've watched a lot of James Cagney's gangster movies. Usually, he plays the gangster. He is always the mafia leader. But in this one Cagney is a FBI agent. That's right. This time, James Cagney is fighting against the gangsters. At first, it sounded weird, but it works quite well.
The movie tells the story of Brick Davis, a lawyer related to the mafia that decides to join the FBI force, known as 'G-Men' after his friend, also a 'G-Men', is killed.
As usual, James Cagney gives a fine performance as Brick Davis, regardless his better works, like in 'White Heat' and 'Public Enemy'. The other members of the cast do a normal job, just like William Keighley's direction. A supporting member of the cast that did a great job was Barton MacLane, as the villain.
The movie sounds more like a propaganda to the FBI force, but this isn't a bad thing. For 1935's, the movie has great action scenes, with car chases, shooting, kidnapping, robbery, etc, and they are all very well filmed for its period. Even though I prefer the action sequences in 'Scarface', they are great here also.
In resume, another great gangster movie from the 1930's.
8 out of 10.