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A Lion Is in the Streets: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson. A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Raoul Walsh
- 1953-09-23
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A Lion Is in the Streets is a 1953 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, whose brother William was the producer and his younger sister Jeanne was a member of the cast. The screenplay is based on a 1945 book by Adria Locke Langley.
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making? Colorful bayou peddler Hank Martin marries pretty teacher Verity, who finds that the rural poor all love Hank.
Tension boils over in a rural Southern community when the tough, idealistic Hank Martin (James Cagney) backs a group of sharecroppers against their corrupt boss, Robert Castleberry (Larry Keating),...
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- James Cagney
- Raoul Walsh
- William Cagney Productions
In a small Southern town, Hank Martin, a charming, self-educated, backwoods peddler, sees Verity Wade, the new, college-educated schoolteacher and is instantly smitten. He soon convinces her to marry him, and after their wedding, takes her to live in a tiny, broken-down shack on the estate of wealthy lawyer Jules Bolduc.
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Adria Locke Langley. Novel. Luther Davis. Screenplay. A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
