James Cagney

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
IMDb: 6.9
89 min

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret…

Ragtime

Ragtime

Ragtime
IMDb: 7.3
155 min

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York…

One Two Three

One Two Three

One Two Three
IMDb: 7.9
115 min

C.R. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Hazeltine’s rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. When Scarlett visits Berlin, where C.R. is…

The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours
IMDb: 7.1
115 min

A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. ”Bull” Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific…

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts
IMDb: 7.7
123 min

A hilarious and heartfelt military comedy-drama co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, Mister Roberts stars Henry Fonda as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Run for Cover

Run for Cover

Run for Cover
IMDb: 6.7
93 min

Western that starts when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town’s sheriff shoots the kid he’s riding with, Dow clears his name and ends…

White Heat

White Heat

White Heat
IMDb: 8.1
114 min

A psychopathic criminal (Cagney) with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events…

Johnny Come Lately

Johnny Come Lately

Johnny Come Lately
IMDb: 6.8
97 min

Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased….

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy
IMDb: 7.7
126 min

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Genre: Best Musical
The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.
IMDb: 7.0
92 min

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde
IMDb: 7.3
97 min

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th
IMDb: 6.7
90 min

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he’ll prove himself in the end.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties
IMDb: 8.0
104 min

After the WWI 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…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid
IMDb: 6.4
85 min

McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw ”The Oklahoma Kid” Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a…

Genre: History, Western
Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces
IMDb: 7.9
97 min

In New York, the boys Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly are best friends and small time thieves. After a robbery, Rocky is arrested and sent to a reformatory school, where…

Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade
IMDb: 7.6
104 min

James Cagney stars as a fledgling producer who finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences….

Genre: Best Musical
The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy
IMDb: 7.7
83 min

James Cagney stars as Tom Powers, a trouble-ridden individual who rises from the position of cheap thug to that of a powerful Prohibition gangster. When his best friend is murdered,…