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By William E (142) on 07 Jan 2008

It's not only beer in that keg. It's beer and blood. The blood of men…

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By Christian P (178) on 07 Jan 2008

Great film, and a fine example of early hollywood ganster flix. Cagney is great in his lead role…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 03 Jan 2008

Cagney embarks on a life of crime and his presence cannot be denied. his breakout performance here burns right through the screen…

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By Tom D (1,091) on 02 Jan 2008

Gotta love Turner Classic Movies. There's never been three tougher actors than Cagney, Bogart, and Mitchum…

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By Jamie B (987) on 31 Dec 2007

One of the best movies of all time. Its a classic but it never gets old. Notm uch I can say that hasnt already been said a bazillion times…

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By Brad B (588) on 18 Dec 2007

Tame by todays standards this is the kind of movie which laid the groundwork for the modern anti hero…

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By Veronique K (143) on 12 Dec 2007

The founded stone for james cagney's overnight success of his classic gangster status…

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By Josh J (399) on 06 Dec 2007

For film historians and just plain old movie fans, this is may be an essential viewing…

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By Andrew C (1,943) on 26 Nov 2007

Oh my god, I love the rain scene. I ain't so tough…

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By Michael B (2,768) on 16 Nov 2007

Another James Cagney classic.. this is the original gangster movie cirqa 1931…

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By Patricia P (137) on 11 Nov 2007

One of the better Prohibition era gangster narratves during Hayes code regulations…

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By James C (2,975) on 03 Nov 2007

Classic gangster film that set the mark for all the others. Slightly dated due to bad acting and moral undertones…

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By Quinn H (54) on 02 Nov 2007

A great classic film from the 30s. Very sad ending, but good. James Cagney is one of Hollywood's greatest…

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By Neil F (94) on 01 Nov 2007

The template of all the great gangster movies…

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By Holly H (169) on 31 Oct 2007

One of my 2 favorite Cagney movies. He could make you love a ganster…

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By Cherisse H (16) on 30 Oct 2007

Another one I had to watch for my film class and I was pleased with it…

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By Jay L (562) on 29 Oct 2007

Some parts were corny, but the most interesting thing about this movie is how inspirational it was on the future of the gangster genre…

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By John D (2,323) on 24 Oct 2007

This is the best movie I have ever seen. Period…

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By Kate B (357) on 16 Oct 2007

You can tell this came out well before the Production Code came around. Quite a surprise ending that I loved…

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By Daniel M (2,592) on 12 Oct 2007

Here you can see Cagney's first lead role: he had made a few small routine pictures before this and Warners wisely had him play Tom Powers,…

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