After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Acting
Cagney's final walk down those snowy steps — cinema history.
Direction
Walsh's economy: decades of crime in 104 tight minutes.
Writing
Newspaper headline transitions that Wikipedia wishes it invented.
Director
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney
Eddie Bartlett
Priscilla Lane
Jean Sherman
Humphrey Bogart
George Hally
Gladys George
Panama Smith
Jeffrey Lynn
Lloyd Hart
Frank McHugh
Danny Green
Paul Kelly
Nick Brown
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Sherman
Edward Keane
Henderson
Joe Sawyer
The Sergeant
Joseph Crehan
Michaels
George Meeker
Masters
John Hamilton
Judge
Robert Elliott
First Detective
Eddy Chandler
Second Detective
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made as gangster films were being censored; Walsh sneaked in the genre's last gasp of glorification before the Code fully clamped down. The historical montage was studio-mandated to make crime look like 'history,' not entertainment.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
