James Cagney

James Cagney

July 17, 1899 · 126 years old

James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Tim…

Known For

20 titles
1
White Heat

White Heat

1949 · 1h 54m · Movie

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.

8.1
2
Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938 · 1h 37m · Movie

A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.

7.9
3
The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

1931 · 1h 23m · Movie

An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

7.6
4
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 · 2h 6m · Movie

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

7.6
5
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · 1h 46m · Movie

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

7.9
6
Ragtime

Ragtime

1981 · 2h 35m · Movie

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 City.

7.3
7
Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933 · 1h 44m · Movie

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

7.5
8
'G' Men

'G' Men

1935 · 1h 25m · Movie

James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.

7.1
9
The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

1941 · 1h 39m · Movie

Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.

7.2
10
The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 · 1h 32m · Movie

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.

6.9
11
Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004 · 2h 49m · Movie

A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies.

7.8
12
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940 · 1h 44m · Movie

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.

7.2
13
The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

1939 · 1h 25m · Movie

During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.

6.4
14
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950 · 1h 42m · Movie

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.

7.1
15
Smart Money

Smart Money

1931 · 1h 21m · Movie

A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.

6.8
16
Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

1945 · 1h 34m · Movie

A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.

6.0
17
The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

1940 · 1h 30m · Movie

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.

6.6
18
The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell

1933 · 1h 30m · Movie

A political appointee with a checkered past tries to institute constructive changes as the deputy commissioner at a cruel reform school but gets pushback from a sadistic warden and a suspicious judge who doesn't trust his motives.

6.9
19
Run for Cover

Run for Cover

1955 · 1h 33m · Movie

Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.

6.7
20
Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

1942 · 1h 54m · Movie

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

6.4
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