James Cagney — Actor (30)
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
director: Richard Schickel actor: Clint Eastwood / Carroll Baker …
other title: You Must Remember This: A História da Warner Bros.
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
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Johnny Come Lately (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Johnny Come Lately
director: William K. Howard actor: James Cagney / Grace George …
other title: Johnny arrivò in ritardo / Johnny le vagabond …
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
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Taxi! (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Taxi!
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: James Cagney / Loretta Young …
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
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The Mayor of Hell (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Mayor of Hell
director: Archie Mayo actor: James Cagney / Madge Evans …
other title: Le Bataillon des sans-amour / Por el mal camino
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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The Crowd Roars (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Crowd Roars
director: Howard Hawks actor: James Cagney / Joan Blondell …
other title: L'urlo della folla / Der Schrei der Menge …
Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion.
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City for Conquest (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
City for Conquest
director: Anatole Litvak / Jean Negulesco actor: James Cagney / Ann Sheridan …
other title: La città del peccato / Im Taumel der Weltstadt …
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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'G' Men (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
'G' Men
director: William Keighley actor: James Cagney / Margaret Lindsay …
other title: La pattuglia dei senza paura / Der FBI-Agent …
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
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The Strawberry Blonde (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Strawberry Blonde
director: Raoul Walsh actor: James Cagney / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: Bionda fragola / Schönste der Stadt …
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.
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13 Rue Madeleine (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
13 Rue Madeleine
director: Henry Hathaway actor: James Cagney / Annabella …
other title: Il 13 non risponde / Calle Madeleine nº 13 …
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
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Boy Meets Girl (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Boy Meets Girl
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: James Cagney / Pat O'Brien …
other title: Der kleine Star / Le Vantard …
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...