It's the early days of the F.B.I. - federal agents working for the Department of Justice. Though they've got limited powers - they don't carry weapons and have to get local police approval for arrests - that doesn't stop fresh Law School grad Eddie Buchanan from joining up, and he encourages his former roommate James "Brick" Davis (James Cagney) to do so as well. But Davis wants to be an honest lawyer, not a shyster, despite his ties to mobster boss McKay, and he's intent on doing so, until Buchanan is gunned down trying to arrest career criminal Danny Leggett. Davis soon joins the "G-Men" as they hunt down Leggett (soon-to-be Public Enemy Number One) and his cronies Collins and Durfee, who are engaged in a crime and murder spree from New York to the midwest.
| Release Date: | Apr 1935 |
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| Genre: | Crime / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Cast: | James Cagney ('Brick' Davis), Margaret Lindsay (Kay McCord), Ann Dvorak (Jean Morgan), Robert Armstrong (Jeff McCord), Barton MacLane (Collins), Lloyd Nolan (Hugh Farrell), William Harrigan ('Mac' McKay, aka Joseph Lynch), Russell Hopton (Gerard), Edward Pawley (Danny Leggett), Noel Madison (Durfee), Monte Blue (Fingerprint Expert), Regis Toomey (Edward 'Eddie' Buchanan), Addison Richards (Bruce J. Gregory), Harold Huber (Venke), Raymond Hatton (Gangsters' Messenger with Warning), Marie Astaire (Gerard's Moll (uncredited)), Brooks Benedict (Man (uncredited)), Stanley Blystone (Cop (uncredited)), Ward Bond (Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)), David Brian (The Chief (1949 reissue scenes)...), Frank Bull (Last Police Broadcaster (uncredited)), Glen Cavender (Headwaiter (uncredited)), Nick Copeland (G-Man with Farrell (uncredited)), George Daly (Machine Gunner (uncredited)), Joe De Stefani (J.E. Glattner, the Florist (uncredited)), Don Downen (Joe, the Second Fingerprint Clerk...), Florence Dudley (Durfee's Moll (uncredited)), Eddie Dunn (Police Broadcaster (uncredited)), Bill Elliott (Intern at Hospital (uncredited)), Pat Flaherty (Cop with Farrell (uncredited)), James Flavin (Agent with Jean (uncredited)), Sol Gorss (G-Man Guarding Leggett (uncredited)), Eddie Graham (Bank Clerk (uncredited)), Jonathan Hale (Congressman (uncredited)), Henry Hall (Police Driver (uncredited)), Al Hill (Hood (uncredited)), John Impolito (Tony, a Florist (uncredited)), Perry Ivins (Doctor at Store (uncredited)), Edward Keane (Bank Teller (uncredited)), Douglas Kennedy (Agent (1949 reissue scenes) (uncredited)), Mike Lally (Gangster with Durfee (uncredited)), Marc Lawrence (Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)), James T. Mack (Agent with Jean (uncredited)), Frank Marlowe (First Gangster Shot at Lodge...), Edwin Maxwell (Joseph Kratz (uncredited)), Martha Merrill (Nurse (uncredited)), Bruce Mitchell (Sergeant with Farrell (uncredited)), Gene Morgan (Lounger Outside Lunch Room (uncredited)), Adrian Morris (Accomplice (uncredited)), Frances Morris (Moll (uncredited)), Wheeler Oakman (Gangster at Lodge Wanting to Quit...), Lee Phelps (McCord's Aide (uncredited)), Dick Rush (Al (uncredited)), Ferdinand Schumann-Heink (Congressman (uncredited)), Frank Shannon (Police Chief at Lodge (uncredited)), Charles Sherlock (First Trainee at Target Practice...), Gertrude Short (Collins' Moll (uncredited)), Mary Treen (Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)), Monte Vandergrift (Deputy Sheriff on Train (uncredited)), Dorothy Vernon (Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)), Emmett Vogan (Bill, the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)), Huey White (Gangster Playing Cards (uncredited)), Tom Wilson (Agent (uncredited)) |