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A Lion Is in the Streets is a 1953 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney as a Southern politician loosely based on Huey Long. Cagney's brother William was the producer, and his younger sister Jeanne was a member of the cast.
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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Whenever a lazy man is sent, he says, "A lion is in the road"; "A lion is in the midst of the streets.”. Brenton Septuagint Translation. A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets. Contemporary English Version.
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) represents something of a real-life riddle. It has what would appear to be a nearly impeccable pedigree. Director Raoul Walsh was a legendary figure in Golden Age Hollywood. He would soon come to be hailed by the French New Wave critics as an auteur.
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,...
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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.
