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| 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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Jean Morgan: Well, it does save getting splinters in your knuckles. Someday someone's gonna knock you flat.
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Music by Harry Warren
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Two of the prominent action scenes in the film were based on real events. The rail station shootout in which gangsters free Danny Leggett,was based upon the famous "Kansas City Massacre" in which gunmen attacked FBI agents and local police as they were transporting federal prisoner Frank "Jelly" Nash on June 17th, 1933. In that incident one FBI agent--who was unarmed, as were all agents at that time--three policemen and Nash himself were killed. As shown in the film, this was the incident that increased the power of the FBI and turned into the agency it is currently. The other incident was the shootout at the lodge. That was based on a battle between FBI agents and a gang that included John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson on April 22, 1934. See more »Goofs
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"G-Men" is a 1935 film that was reissued in 1949. At that time, the FBI was 25 years old, and a scene was added where David Brian, as an FBI head honcho, tells his rookies that they are about to see an early film about the FBI. He then starts the movie.
"G-Men" is directed by William Keighley and stars James Cagney as Brick Davis, an attorney whose college friend Eddie (Regis Toomey) is murdered by a mobster (Barton MacLane) while working for the Department of Justice. Brick quits lawyering and joins the FBI. When the fact that he was close friends with a mobster (who put him through law school) turns up, Brick is able to supply a lot of information to the bureau.
The action in this film is non-stop, with car chases, kidnappings, lots of shooting, and scenes at a lodge, reminiscent of a well-known real-life happening in Wisconsin.
Cagney is excellent as usual, and Barton MacLane gives a strong performance as the enemy. Lloyd Nolan, as a fellow recruit, makes his film debut. The supporting actors are all good.
Warner Brothers again proves why they were King of the Crime Flicks with this film. If you like Cagney and action, don't miss this one.