Search results for "James Cagney"
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
IMDb: 6.3
48

Actress Sharon Stone hosts this documentary about the life and career of 1930s sex symbol Jean Harlow. Included are clips from many of her films, photos and stories about her…

Ragtime

Ragtime

Ragtime
IMDb: 7.3
155

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…

Genre: Drama, History
One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three
IMDb: 7.9
115

C.R. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Hazeltine’s rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. When Scarlett visits Berlin, where C.R. is…

Genre: Comedy
The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours
IMDb: 7.1
115

A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific…

Genre: Drama, War
Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil
IMDb: 7
111

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the “Black & Tans,” special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O’Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded…

Genre: Action, Drama
Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small
IMDb: 6
94

Director Charles Lederer’s 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who’ll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union’s presidency.

Genre: Drama
Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces
IMDb: 7.1
122

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even…

Genre: Drama
Run for Cover

Run for Cover

Run for Cover
IMDb: 6.7
93

An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

Genre: Western
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts
IMDb: 7.6
123

Mr. Roberts is as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me
IMDb: 7.1
122

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets
IMDb: 6.1
88

A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?

Genre: Drama
What Price Glory

What Price Glory

What Price Glory
IMDb: 6.1
110

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg’s top sergeant. And when…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
The West Point Story

The West Point Story

The West Point Story
IMDb: 6.2
107

A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
IMDb: 7.1
103

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
White Heat

White Heat

White Heat
IMDb: 8.1
114

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine
IMDb: 6.9
95

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O’Connell, who is too good…

Genre: Thriller, War
Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun
IMDb: 6
94

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy
IMDb: 7.6
126

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

Genre: Drama, Music
Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds
IMDb: 6.4
114

Inspired by Churchill’s Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde
IMDb: 7.2
97

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.
IMDb: 6.9
92

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.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone
IMDb: 6.7
88

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th
IMDb: 6.6
90

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.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

City for Conquest
IMDb: 7.2
104

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties
IMDb: 7.9
104

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid
IMDb: 6.4
85

McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw “The Oklahoma Kid” Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a…

Genre: History, Western
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die
IMDb: 7.2
92

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter’s criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl
IMDb: 6
86

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio’s cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy…

Genre: Comedy
Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces
IMDb: 7.9
97

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Great Guy

Great Guy

Great Guy
IMDb: 6.3
66

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Irish in Us

The Irish in Us

The Irish in Us
IMDb: 6.2
84

A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain’s daughter.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
‘G’ Men

‘G’ Men

‘G’ Men
IMDb: 7.1
83

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Frisco Kid

Frisco Kid

Frisco Kid
IMDb: 6.2
77

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Devil Dogs of the Air

Devil Dogs of the Air

Devil Dogs of the Air
IMDb: 5.9
85

Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero
IMDb: 6.7
95

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot’s girl-friend and due to this he…

The St. Louis Kid

The St. Louis Kid

The St. Louis Kid
IMDb: 6.6
68

Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Jimmy the Gent

Jimmy the Gent

Jimmy the Gent
IMDb: 6.6
67

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

He Was Her Man

He Was Her Man

He Was Her Man
IMDb: 6.3
70

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his “pals”.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy
IMDb: 6.2
87

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

Genre: Drama, War
Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher
IMDb: 7
77

An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama