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A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
James CagneyTom Richards
Grace GeorgeVinnie McLeod
Marjorie Main'Gashouse' Mary
Hattie McDanielAida
Edward McNamaraW.M. Dougherty
William HenryPete Dougherty
Robert BarratBill Swain
George ClevelandWillie Ferguson
Margaret HamiltonMyrtle Ferguso
Norman WillisDudley Hirsh
Lucien LittlefieldBlakerExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- John Van Druten
- Director
- William K. Howard
- Original Music Composer
- Leigh Harline
- Director of Photography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Editor
- George M. Arthur
- Producer
- William Cagney