"G" Men (1935)

Directed by William Keighley
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)

There is something not quite right with Jimmy Cagney playing a "good guy", in this case a reformed delinquent turned FBI man. The near-documentary nature of the first half of the film doesn't help matters much. It does pick up near the middle, with Cagney rooting out his old gang in a hotel. However, the code-imposed ending, the bad guys have to get their punishment, ruins what otherwise would have been a mediocre film at best.