A lawyer, whose benefactor runs a racket, goes to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation..
Is it worth your time? If you like fast talking, fedoras, and James Cagney essentially playing a guy who finds out he's too good for the racket, then yeah, watch it. If you want a slow-burn character study, you're looking in the wrong place. This thing moves like a freight train, and honestly, that’s where the fun is. ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
William Keighley
Harley Knoles
Community
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"Is it worth your time? If you like fast talking, fedoras, and James Cagney essentially playing a guy who finds out he's too good for the racket, then yeah, watch it. If you want a slow-burn character study, you're looking in the wrong place. This thing moves like a freight train, and honestly, that’s where the fun is. Cagney is just magnetic here. He brings this nervous, twitchy energy to a guy who usually keeps his cool, which is funny because he's supposed to be a trained agent. Watching him ..."
Seton I. Miller, Darryl F. Zanuck, Beulah Ashley
United States
Thriller, Drama, Film-Noir
