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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 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
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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- 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.
- Raoul Walsh, William Kissel
- James Cagney
In the South, peddler marries school teacher and then starts on a whirlwind rise politically, using hysteria among cotton pickers and small-town folk as his device. His rise is halted when his ...
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Colorful bayou peddler Hank Martin marries pretty teacher Verity, who finds that the rural poor all love Hank. Gradually, she realizes that Hank's popularity is the fruit of his expert manipulation of everyone he knows.
