A boorish truck driver finds himself at odds with the pretty owner of a beanery; but he and his dimwit sidekick get into far more trouble with an exploitative milk corporation, which hires thugs to strong-arm farmers..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-code era scrappiness, sure. It is not a masterpiece, but it moves. If you hate old movies that feel like they were stitched together in a weekend, stay away. This is pure 1934 popcorn fodder. James Cagney is basically playing... well, James Cagney. He is a truck d...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-code era scrappiness, sure. It is not a masterpiece, but it moves. If you hate old movies that feel like they were stitched together in a weekend, stay away. This is pure 1934 popcorn fodder. James Cagney is basically playing... well, James Cagney. He is a truck driver with a temper that makes a tea kettle look calm. He spends the first half of the movie just being an absolute nuisance to a woman who owns a diner. It is the kind of "romance..."
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Warren Duff, Seton I. Miller
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