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  1. Apr 14, 2011 · James Cagney never actually said "You dirty rat," but a line in his 1932 film "Taxi!" probably came closest.

  2. Jan 24, 2020 · JAMES CAGNEY You Dirty Rat. Graham K Furness. 1.31K subscribers. Subscribed. 274. 32K views 4 years ago.

  3. Nov 3, 2023 · James Cagney, known for his captivating performances in gangster films, popularized the phrase “Who said you dirty rat you killed my brother.” Cagney’s portrayal of tough-talking characters made him an icon in American cinema during the 1930s and 1940s.

  4. As a corporate interest attempts to eliminate all independent cabbies in the city, Cagney recruits a gang to stand up to them - violently. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, several of the gunfight ...

  5. He never actually uttered the phrase “You dirty rat!” in the 1932 movie Taxi or in any other, but it is often used as a supposedly typical Cagney movie quote.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Taxi!Taxi! - Wikipedia

    Taxi! is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney and Loretta Young . The film includes a famous, and often misquoted, line with Cagney speaking to his brother's killer through a locked closet door: "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!"

  7. Jun 23, 2014 · How did the “You dirty rat!” line that James Cagney never actually said get started? The same way “Yondah lies the castle of my foddah” got started for Tony Curtis. Comedy routines. Here are some of the rat lines Cagney did say in films: Dirty little rat. Dirty, double-crossing rat. Dirty, yellow-bellied rat.

  8. www.alternativereel.com › forgotten-movie-classics › taxi-1932Taxi! (1932) - Alternative Reel

    Mar 6, 2019 · Yes, this is the early James Cagney film where he DOESN’T actually say the line “you dirty rat, you killed my brother” favored by so many impersonators over the years. Tough, hot-tempered cab driver “Matt Nolan” (Cagney) gets caught up in a feud between independent taxi drivers and an evil conglomerate that wants to violently wipe ...

  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_CagneyJames Cagney - Wikipedia

    In his acceptance speech, Cagney lightly chastised the impressionist Frank Gorshin, saying, "Oh, Frankie, just in passing, I never said 'MMMMmmmm, you dirty rat!'

  10. We all know that James "Jimmy" Cagney's most famous line from his sixty-eight motion pictures was "You dirty rat! You're the guy that killed my brother!" Alas, like so many other - quote - "famous lines" - unquote - this most famous of famous lines was never delivered.

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