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James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men. Director William Keighley Stars James Cagney Margaret Lindsay Ann Dvorak
1. White Heat (1949) Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama. 8.1. Rate. 89 Metascore. A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly. Votes: 35,775. 2.
James Cagney. Actor: Angels with Dirty Faces. One of Hollywood's preeminent male stars of all time, James Cagney was also an accomplished dancer and easily played light comedy.
Jul 15, 2023 · Tour our photo gallery featuring Cagney’s 20 greatest film performances, ranked worst to best. 20. LADY KILLER (1933) Fired theater usher Dan Quigley (Cagney) finds success with a group of...
Cagney is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940) and White Heat (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. [4] .
Cagney's seventh film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for its famous grapefruit scene, the film thrust Cagney into the spotlight, making him one of Warners' and Hollywood's biggest stars.
Aug 24, 2023 · Cagney won the Best Actor Oscar on his second try for playing George M. Cohan in Michael Curtiz's musical biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy. The film tells the story of Cohan's life, his rise to...
