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Movie Reviews of G Men
Movie Review: G-Men
Summary: 5 Stars
After solidifying his reputation as Hollywood's number-one bad guy, Cagney played a straight-edge lawman in this gangland drama, a huge hit for Warners and great publicity for J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling department, which had only recently granted officers the right to bear arms (a big plot point in the film). Cagney is mesmerizing as Brick, prudent and principled but also tough as nails and willing to throw his weight around. His two love interests, a bar-girl-gone-wrong (Ann Dvorak) and hospital nurse (Margaret Lindsay), land him in a tangle and also help amplify the theme of divided loyalties. Cagney is at his riveting, entertaining best in "G Men."Movie Review: No fidelity is forever!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although he was raised by an underworld important personage., James Cagney will join F.B.I., when a pal is killed by gangsters ., and he will put all his first hand experience to be useful.
Another little gem of William Keighley of the middle thirties.
Movie Review: This is such a good movie.Cagney at his best
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie not only shows how gangsters were in the 1930s but,it also shows how government law enforcement came together.Cagney was perfect for this partMovie Review: Great Cagney !!
Summary: 5 Stars
Classic Cagney! You'll find yourself rooting
for the guy from the start of the film clear
to the end. Great stuff!
Movie Review: "You haven't had an attack of brilliance lately. Why don't you try guessing?"
Summary: 4 Stars
Breaking his cycle of screen heavies, James Cagney went "straight" in 1935's G-MEN, a brisk crime melodrama that's really more fun than it ought to be. Co-starring with Robert Armstrong, Cagney's performance in G-MEN is amongst his best from the period. And although the presence of the Production Code means that the violence depicted doesn't have the visceral zest of the "Public Enemy"'s or "Little Caesar"'s, the film more than compensates with zingy dialogue and sparkling performances.
Lawyer Brick Davis (James Cagney) joins the FBI as a G-Man partly in an act of revenge when one of his close friends is mowed down by the Mob. As the plot thickens, Brick realises that his roots to the Mob are more complicated than he imagined, and the G-Men descend on a hotel occupied by Brick's former mentor Mac McKay (William Harrigan); whilst caught up in the crossfire are nightclub singer Jean Morgan (Ann Dvorak) and hospital nurse Kay McCord (Margaret Lindsay) - the sister of Brick's FBI superior Jeff (Robert Armstrong).
Director William Keighley once again draws a solid performance from Cagney, who must have appreciated the chance to play against his usual gangster persona. Robert Armstrong of "King Kong" fame is a fun sidekick for him in this film. Ann Dvorak ("Three on a Match") and Margaret Lindsay (who also co-starred with Cagney in "Devil Dogs of the Air" that same year) offer a respite from the Boy's Own atmosphere of the story.
The DVD includes another of those fabulous Warner Night at the Movies programmes, comprising of "The Old Grey Mayor" (a very fun comedy short with Bob Hope), animated short "Buddy the Gee-Man", newsreel; plus trailers for G-MEN and "Devil Dogs of the Air". Other bonuses include a new featurette ("Morality and the Code: A How-To Manual for Hollywood", audio commentary by Richard Jewell; and the 1935 Warner Bros. "Breakdowns" blooper reel.
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