James Cagney
Actor
Public Enemy, The (1931)
- Dir. William Wellman
Feat. James Cagney, Jean Harlow
- The most influential of early crime films exhibits an unglorified depiction of the American underworld, but James Cagney makes a hoodlum sure worth…
Footlight Parade (1933)
- Dir. Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley
Feat. James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler…
- James Cagney stars as an indefatigable Broadway producer, working show–biz miracles to keep his company afloat through the Depression.
Most…
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Pat O'Brien, James Cagney
- Childhood pals Pat O'Brien and James Cagney end up as adult enemies, in the priesthood and underworld respectively. Pleasing mix of comedy and…
Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane…
- Seminal gangster drama, paired screen–tough Cagney with a then lesser–known Bogart. Becoming buddies during WWI, they later enter and…
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. James Cagney
- Energy–filled musical biography of Show–Biz King George Cohan, played by James Cagney.
Blood On the Sun (1945)
- Dir. Frank Lloyd
Feat. James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall
- Minor Cagney suspense vehicle is distinguished by its unusual setup: Cagney plays a newspaper man in 1920s Japan who uncovers a military plot for…
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte…
- A group of OSS operatives penetrate behind German lines in this rough–edged WWII thriller. Seeking a secret missile site, they must also…
White Heat (1949)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
- Intense, verging–on–primal performance from a greying James Cagney blasts this straight into the pantheon of greatest–ever crime…
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Cagney
- Hard gangster flick about an escaped con who blackmails, betrays and murders his way through a robbery scam. Hits the mark with a great script and…
What Price Glory? (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet
- Soldiers James Cagney and Dan Dailey take time out from the trenches of WWI for some zesty romantic rivalry over local attraction Corrinne Calvet.