The adventures of an investigator (Cagney) for the Bureau of Weights and Measures..


Is it worth your time? If you like James Cagney doing that rapid-fire, twitchy thing he does, you’ll probably have a good time with Great Guy. It’s not his most famous role, but he’s clearly having fun playing a guy who gets genuinely angry about short-changing. If you need explosions or a grand plot, maybe skip it. Th...


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"Is it worth your time? If you like James Cagney doing that rapid-fire, twitchy thing he does, you’ll probably have a good time with Great Guy. It’s not his most famous role, but he’s clearly having fun playing a guy who gets genuinely angry about short-changing. If you need explosions or a grand plot, maybe skip it. This is basically just a guy running around town, yelling at people for being dishonest. The whole premise is weird. An investigator for the Bureau of Weights and Measures? I kept w..."

Mary Gordon
Henry Johnson, Harry Ruskin, James Edward Grant, Henry McCarty
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Drama, Crime, Mystery

