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Johnny Come Lately

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
687
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Johnny Come Lately (1943)
AdventureDramaRomance
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
687
YOUR RATING
    • William K. Howard
    • John Van Druten(screenplay)
    • Louis Bromfield(novel "McLeod's Folly")
  • Stars
    • James Cagney
    • Grace George
    • Marjorie Main
    • William K. Howard
    • John Van Druten(screenplay)
    • Louis Bromfield(novel "McLeod's Folly")
  • Stars
    • James Cagney
    • Grace George
    • Marjorie Main
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    James Cagney
    James Cagney
    • Tom Richards
    Grace George
    Grace George
    • Vinnie McLeod
    Marjorie Main
    Marjorie Main
    • 'Gashouse' Mary
    Marjorie Lord
    Marjorie Lord
    • Jane
    Hattie McDaniel
    Hattie McDaniel
    • Aida
    Edward McNamara
    • W.M. Dougherty
    William Henry
    William Henry
    • Pete Dougherty
    • (as Bill Henry)
    Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    • Bill Swain
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    • Willie Ferguson
    Margaret Hamilton
    Margaret Hamilton
    • Myrtle Ferguson
    Norman Willis
    Norman Willis
    • Dudley Hirsh
    Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield
    • Blaker
    Edwin Stanley
    Edwin Stanley
    • Winterbottom
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Chief of Police
    Tom Dugan
    Tom Dugan
    • First Cop
    Charles Irwin
    Charles Irwin
    • Second Cop
    John Sheehan
    John Sheehan
    • Third Cop
    Clarence Muse
    Clarence Muse
    • Dogherty's Butler
      • William K. Howard
      • John Van Druten(screenplay)
      • Louis Bromfield(novel "McLeod's Folly")
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    • Trivia
      The movie is produced by William Cagney, James Cagney's younger brother. He produced several of his brother's movies, including City for Conquest (1940), Blood on the Sun (1945), The Time of Your Life (1948), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) and A Lion Is in the Streets (1953). He was credited as an associate producer on Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). He also handled his brother's business affairs, negotiating several of his Hollywood studio contracts.
    • Goofs
      At 53 minutes, Hattie McDaniel clears away the uneaten plates of food, but in the next shot Marjorie Lord still has a full plate in front of her.
    • Quotes

      Court Bailiff / Mr. Robbins: [reading case docket] Vagrancy, wife beating...

      Vinnie McLeod: [interjecting] That's a newfangled sort of crime. In my day men didn't beat their wives. The wives had pistols.

    User reviews19

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    9/10
    Flawed, but quaint, with a certain sentimental charm.
    This is a movie that not everyone will love or even like. One must remember it's a sentimental look at the turn of the century, 1906 the movie states, by filmmakers in 1943. So this is a review about a quaint film made 73 years ago, which was looking back nostalgically 37 years. Not to belabor the point, but it would like a movie today (2016) reliving a time 37 years ago, which would be 1979 and being reviewed 73 years from now in 2089. So you can see that when you consider this film in that way, all bets and our judgment are probably a little off. In that light I feel the flick holds up very well. Sure many of the movie's main stars are very one dimensional. Only Cagney and Edward McNamara made me feel that there was much depth to their characters. Many movie watchers of today will find it a little slow and without a lot of action. Some will say it's way too saccharine. The production values aren't the best and late in the movie, the transitions between scenes appears a bit jerky.

    Remarkably, somehow this movie works. Through all it's faults it shines like a diamond in the rough. You feel the quaintness of 1906, whether it was like that or not, you FEEL it was. I really felt I was looking through a window to the past. In this movie you really like James Cagney. He is not the champion of the beautiful young girl, but of the aged older lady who is paying the price to fight the good fight. He does it with dash and style. "Johnny Come Lately" made me smile a lot and even cry a little for the good ole days, theirs and mine. In the end what more do you want from 73 year old movie?
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    • Release date
      • September 3, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production company
      • William Cagney Productions
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Black and White

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