Directed by William A. WellmanMy rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)
James Cagney's breakout role as thug Tom Powers. The film chronicles his life from boy on the street through his rise to wealth during Prohibition in Chicago. The film suffers from a bit of early talkie creakiness, the story tends to crawl along and the acting is not always the best, but Cagney is so dynamic that it overcomes those shortcomings. The final scene, when he is left tied to a hospital stretcher in the doorway of his mother's house, is a knockout.
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)
James Cagney's breakout role as thug Tom Powers. The film chronicles his life from boy on the street through his rise to wealth during Prohibition in Chicago. The film suffers from a bit of early talkie creakiness, the story tends to crawl along and the acting is not always the best, but Cagney is so dynamic that it overcomes those shortcomings. The final scene, when he is left tied to a hospital stretcher in the doorway of his mother's house, is a knockout.
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