James Cagney meets The Dead End Kids

The "angels" steal Rocky's money but he soon catches up with them and befriends them.
Movie: Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
-Clip belongs to WB.

[@djft6944]

My mother worked at Binion's Horseshoe in Vegas one night Cagney had a meal in the restaurant. My mom had the book "Cagney by Cagney " in her purse not only did he sign the book but left her a $5 dollar bill which he also signed "Top of the world to you! Jimmy Cagney" Moms gone now but I have the book and the bill she used to use for its bookmark. I'll never forget how excited she was that day. Born in 1929 she grew up watching his movies and turned me on to them as a teen. Top of the world you are Ma...and you too Jimmy 🙏🙏

[@lawrencelewis8105]

That's nice- really!

[@seanohare5488]

Great story

[@Mark-sd7fc]

Very cool story!

[@kelleymcbride4633]

What a treasure! Great story thanks for sharing 👍

[@djft6944]

@@kelleymcbride4633 your so welcome Kelley 😀 I take great pleasure in having that memory and retelling it to people that appreciate how great Jimmy was 🙏

[@2GunRock]

Cagney could say more with a shrug or facial expression than 99% of actors could with a page of dialogue.

[@vincentsartain3061]

I'd say the same for Gary Cooper and Ronald Colman.

[@scottmiller6495]

@@vincentsartain3061 Also Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper and of course the brilliant Cary Grant!!!!!

[@michaelsmodelrailroading7665]

Less is alway more. A look or gesture is often more expressive than words.

[@vincentsartain3061]

@@michaelsmodelrailroading7665 Probably why silent movies are still beloved by a large portion of cinephiles.

[@john5155]

So could my Missus

[@theolamp5312]

James Cagney was so versatile. Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Strawberry Blond, & Yankee Doodle Dandy. All different, and all showed his incredible talent. Married to 1 woman for 64 years, actor, dancer, and a true light in cinema history. A well spent life of 87 years.

[@patriciacolombini6567]

CAGNEY WAS PROBABLY A TRUE AMERICAN ALSO..

[@gusm2752]

MISTER ROBERTS 👍👍

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@scottmiller6495]

One of the top 5 greatest male actors of all time Period!!!!!

[@jiveassturkey8849]

And “The Fighting 69th” one of his lesser known movies, but still great

[@mrs.g.9816]

Even while playing a bad guy, James Cagney had lots of class and personality.

[@lisalovelylpa]

Amazing actor for sure.

[@otrnam1]

Cagney was the best at playing a gangster.

[@bryonervin713]

Now this is a movie why can't they make a movie like this now is it too complicated nobody has a smart what's what's going on I'd love to watch the whole movie I need to know the name I used to watch James Cagney when I was younger back in the late 60s and 70s

[@fredcollins8919]

@@lisalovelylpa one of a kind, All American & tough as nails. Wish we had a few hundred actors like him, esp in last 40 years/now....

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

The forerunner to Clint Eastwood. Clint learned from guys like Jimmy

[@alanw505]

This movie hasn't lost a step since it was filmed. Absolute brilliance. Now I want to see the whole thing.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@joele.campbell1532]

It’s my favorite of his , the ending is sheer brilliance and one of a kind !!

[@englishguy2010]

"Next time you roll a guy for his dough, make sure he don't know your hideout. Unnerstand? C'mere suckers. Unnerstand?"

[@jayswarrow1196]

That line kicked Bogart's "Luckys" to the ground, for a bar of chewing gum to come onto the stage.

[@jeffcox9393]

"How'd chu know?" Onaccounta wheres ya wenta school. "Oh yea, wenta whatsamatta u."

[@dougmedina4619]

lol!!!

[@theseeingeye454]

" And some pickles." "Pickles !:

[@williamoreilly4479]

Loved the last line from Pat O’Brien in the final scene “Let’s say a prayer for a kid who could not run as fast as I could.”

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@swmita]

Powerful line. One got caught the other escaped, which made all the difference to outcome in both their lives.

[@biagiolobianco370]

Read his autobiography a while back..everything you admire about the man is magnified 100X as he discusses his life, his peers, his ethics...A true gentleman in all respects.

[@kennyfinn5625]

What’s the name of the book?

[@steelers6titles]

@@kennyfinn5625 "Cagney by Cagney".

[@c.j.thadon8763]

Never bother anybody in your own neighbourhood...

[@nlawson2004]

I thought he said _never bother anybody in _*_their_*_ own neighborhood._ Cause it’s his neighborhood, and I guess the kids knew that, or _should_ have known that.

[@ranchan215]

Speaking the truth even back then

[@jeffcox9393]

@@ranchan215 You can learn alot & real fast too when you're runnin' the streets. Book learnin' has its place, but there's no chapter in it that covers "whatsamattau."

[@RRaquello]

The neighborhood in this movie is supposed to be Hell's Kitchen, so the Bowery Boys were out of their neighborhood. Hell's Kitchen is Upper West Side, Bowery is Lower East Side. To make it even more confusing, if they're the Dead End Kids, Dead End took place on the Upper east Side, near where Sutton Place is today, so whether it's the Dead End Kids or the Bowery Boys, they're still out of their neighborhood.

[@fredferd965]

There was always something magic about Cagney! Always!

[@dennisj.elliott23]

Loved the Dead End Kids all the way through their movies and more. I even tried Muggs(Leo Gorcey) antics with the language at times when joking around. Miss that kind of stuff.

[@vincentsartain3061]

Even in a lot of "lesser" Cagney pictures, if nothing else he's still worth the price of admission. 😊

[@jamiemezs9891]

That's because he was a dancer And I mean that in a manly way

[@jimmybb6772]

And he can DANCE!!

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@MC32595]

the fact this oldie has a million views even in current times, just goes to show how great of a movie it is

[@nicolasklopfenstein1305]

I love this movie. I remember years ago when I was a kid James Cagney was at an awards ceremony I believe it was maybe the Oscars? He came out on the stage in a wheelchair with a standing ovation too bad the Youth of today doesn't know what real good movies are and real good actors.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

Agreed.🍻

[@josoapification]

These old movies are timeless. I prefer to watch a movie like this than most movies today. Writers today have run very thin on plot’s and genre .

[@judywhiting4684]

NOBODY LIKE CAGNEY...he dances like a dream..acted like a legend..handsome with the devils twinkle in his eye....THE BEST....theyll NEVER be another.....WALK THE WILD.STREETS JIMMY💗💗💗

[@markjames2947]

Yes you make a excellent point in your comment and I agree with you,Hello how are you doing

[@theseeingeye454]

Spoke Yiddish too. Check out "Taxi"

[@veekay5734]

No one like Cagney. The best!!

[@ralphpussilano]

You are right on

[@kennybee63]

No doubt about James Cagney. The movie that shows his talents as an actor, singer and dancer is “Yankee Doodle Dandy”. He was brilliant in that role. But this move, “Angels with Dirty Faces” is my personal favorite Cagney movie. This movie and “Public Enemy”.... 2 incredible movies.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@robertchesnosky5427]

CAGNEY WAS STAR QUALITY FROM THE DAY HE WAS BORN. AND VERY NEW YORK. YOU COULD NOT LOOK AWAY WHEN HE WAS ON THE SCREEN.

[@vincentsartain3061]

My dad often sent me to the store to pick up his cigarettes when I was a youngster, but this was the 1970s and by then, even 40-50 years ago, the time had passed when kids were able to purchase any alcoholic beverages even under the pretext (whether truthfully or not) of doing so for their parents.

[@troddy3925]

I remember seeing this in the 70’s when I was a kid, and also watching the Bowery boys. Memories!!!

[@dannow2207]

Always watched the Bowery Boys. Acting no special effects. Think of all the big names they were in the movie with.👍

[@il9237]

Same here, think it was 79. I wrote it in my diary that I watched it. Made a huge impression.

[@mikeromero8162]

I always enjoyed watching the Bowery boy movies as a little kid.

[@patrickkeegan330]

What an actor. No one can match this man. Why don’t they make films like this any more

[@martinvegas1327]

Dead End is another classic👍

[@FrankiesFancy]

Because we don't have actors like this anymore.

[@gregorylapointe4157]

This is one of my favorite Cagney films. The ending always gets me, where for a chance to turn the kids lives around, Cagney fakes cowardice as he heads to the electric chair, in the hope that when the kids hear about it, they will turn away from crime, realizing it's not all that glamorous.

[@KingKong-li2lg]

Admirable For Sure

[@citrine65]

But was that the reason or did he really just crumble? We will never know.

[@gregorylapointe4157]

@@citrine65 I like to think he did it for the kids.

[@LARULES100]

@@citrine65 you can tell on the pastors face he faked it.

[@anneroy4560]

he did it for the father ...@@citrine65

[@visionseeker68]

Great scene! I have watched it so many times over the years that I´ve lost count. Gotta love Jimmy Cagney!

[@gh9111]

No one could fill the screen like James Cagney.

[@amc042759]

Cagney was showing them mugs. Remember watching when I was little. Lot a respect for Cagney.

[@johnscanlon6132]

Sandwiches, pickles and beer. Boy am I living!

[@goatface6602]

All of them sandwiches, pickles and beer for a fin!!!

[@garychambers5850]

@@goatface6602 And he probably got change back! 🎅🏾

[@Cherry-xg5zw]

The best part!

[@marktuminello5919]

James Cagney spent his last years in dutchess county upstate New York one of a kind they'll never be another actor like him

[@juliorosenberg2222]

Nobody plays a gangster like James Cagney. Growing up on the Lower East side of Manhattan without a father figure my idol was Rocky Sullivan and the rest of his GANGSTER character's. My friends and I thought we were the DEAD END KIDS from this movie. Same neighborhood, 40 something years later

[@jorgerobles9484]

Cagney deserved the Oscar as best actor in 1938 (for this movie), in 1942 for Yankee Doodle Dandy, and in 1949 for White Heat. He only won the Oscar once, but he will always be the most influential actor (along with Bogart) of the 30s and 40s

[@jamiefinlayson9441]

He did win for yankee Doodle dandy ,I don't like musicals except that one !!!

[@capitanfuturo594]

James Gagney was better than Bogart.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@dingusdingus2152]

The best role he ever played was in "Ragtime"

[@feedogg3946]

@@capitanfuturo594 As much as i like Cagney he didn't have the range of Bogey. Bogey has a catalog second to none! Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon,The treasure of Sierra Madre, The African Queen.., The Petrified Forest, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, etc. Cagney is only remembered for playing gangster roles.

[@maureenm8462]

That is a brilliant film and James Cagney should have gotten an Oscar for his brilliant acting in this

[@peterzang]

Couldn't agree more. Not only was he great, his style hasn't dated at all. Never overdoes it. Incredible talent and instincts.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

His acting as he went to the chair as a coward was one of the best performances ever in any movie

[@franks.389]

Great movie, Cagney I believe won an unofficial vote by the actors but the studio bosses and the academy strictly forbid giving the award to an actor portraying a gangster, everyone in Hollywood knew he should have won ,they threw him a bone for yankee doodle dandy a few years later, but his performance was not as great as Rocky Sullivan

[@philiphalpenny9761]

Curtiz's staging & O' brien' s reactions , as Cagney is going to the gallows , make it even more moving...

[@MrWosclifton]

He was nominated for this performance.

[@Knuckledragon782]

Amazing this has 1M views, hard to believe people still wanna see James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and the East Side Kids in 'Angel's w Dirty Faces' in 2022. You'll never get tired of these old WB films. The lessons, the performances, they stay with you your entire lifetime.

[@jaads7910]

Angels with dirty faces , class film,

[@pgh1all1]

Ja Ads Angels with dirty faces and White Heat 2 favorites of all time.

[@williamschlenger1518]

My cousin Pat O'BRIEN played the priest.

[@jasmineangie4652]

I love the end where he purposely plays a chicken on his way to his execution.

[@user-pu6jw2tk3f]

When does he say you dirty rat !

[@WillMill03]

I gotta thank my dad. He showed me James Cagney, Humphrey Boghart and all the other cinema greats. At 25, watching these films are still great!

[@AB-kx4nc]

Same as mate , another my dad loved was somebody up there likes me paul Newman ,have a watch 👍

[@tonymusolino2369]

Slip Mahoney, satch, whitey, and louies malt shop...oh dem mem’ries...

[@rnise1961]

I never missed an episode.

[@vincentsartain3061]

Slip & Satch were a Lower East Side composite of Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, and Moe & Curly from The Three Stooges. 😁

[@vincentsartain3061]

And "Whitey" was sort of the "Larry" between Slip's "Moe" and Satch's "Curly."

[@ABfromWindsor]

Loved watching the Dead End Kids or Bowery Boys growing up and wish they still showed their movies instead of the garbage now a days. James Cagney was also one of my favourites, the good old days.

[@jacksagrafsky4936]

When I was a kid in the sixties this film seemed to be on every week end and so was I when I was watching it. Love this old film and Mister Cagney. The "Dead End Kids" would go on and on. But this is Cagney at his tough guy best.

[@vincentsartain3061]

At the other end was Cagney at his "tough guy WORST" (as in "mad-dog" killer) in WHITE HEAT.

[@pgroove163]

loved the dead end kids/bowery boys TV series every Saturday..

[@alexgeronimo8331]

Thank god I grew up watching these great old shows than the bullshit today

[@gwendolynchildres1478]

Absolutely loved this movie!

[@PapagenoMF]

Even among all the mugs, Leo Gorcey stands out. Almost as much charisma as Cagney.

[@seanohare5488]

But Cagney had a lot more

[@VestingKnight10]

You ever bump into the old neighborhood legend that everyone knows about but doesn't when you were a kid? Cagney got that feeling back perfectly.

[@410142109]

Brilliant movie ,absolutely brilliant ,i will always be in tears at the end when the guards think he goes yellow but the friend he grew up with who became a priest knows different ,he did it to stop the street lads ending up as he did ,brilliant movie!.

[@voiskumbeaver3285]

Or did he...?

[@LARULES100]

@@voiskumbeaver3285 only 3 things guaranteed in life.Death, taxes and Rocky really not turning yellow ever.

[@stevesullivan8705]

You don't know that Shane died. It was left unresolved.

[@jessiehaislet3625]

Oh man. I loved the Bowery Boys and James Cagney. People were still decent back then.

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

There was honour

[@Macilmoyle]

@@earthtruthhunters1642 I think you're confusing fiction with reality. Still a great film though.

[@react--]

@@earthtruthhunters1642 Hahahaha honour.

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

@@react-- Honour has many faces

[@ponygirl2203]

Ah, public enemy, cagney at his best! What a presence he made. One of a dying breed of film stars. 👏👍💯

[@BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER]

That's has just brought back so many memories especially of my deceased father, who introduced me to all the classic black & white films. Love Cagney,Bogey, Raft, Flynn, Taylor, etc. Nothing better than a hot brew, choc digestives, turn the mobile off and indulge in classic Hollywood. 💫👍🏾😀💫✨🙏🏾 You're very welcome.

[@laureencallahan6946]

Kids today couldn't handle Lovely Classy James Cagney! What a Class Act He Is👍👌😂😂😵😵😎😎😎😎😵😵👻👻☠️💀☠️👾👽😠😠😈

[@essiebl]

Just adore James Cagney. His gangster roles were superb but my favourite film of his is The Strawberry Blonde (and the line “Well, that's the kind of a hairpin I am”). But best of all loved his dancing

[@jamesclappsy1963]

Nobody does it better than cagney whenever it came to playing gangsters from rocky Sullivan to cody jared ( top of the world ma )white heat but my all time favorite of cagney when he played a rotten captain in mr Roberts when discovered his prize palm tree is missing and he gets on the ships pa system with that iconic voice and says who did it who did it classic style!!!! St Jimmy

[@akntangul1909]

JAMES CAGNEY,one of the best of gangster character at black and white film times

[@KennyInVegas]

I absolutely loved the Bowery Boys with Satch and Whitey,etc....never knew Cagney did a movie with some of the cast. Brings back great times as a young boy in '72

[@kevinkilduff2064]

One of the best movies from an era of truly great movies. Cagney was an American icon and among the most talented and versatile actors, singers, dancers and entertainers this nation has ever produced.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@Grey_som]

a Cagney a day keeps depression away

[@davyanonymous9674]

CLASSIC. I think that's "Angel's With Dirty Faces." If you haven't seen the full movie, it's one of the greatest of all-time. And the ending is one of the great tearjerkers, but not in the usual way.

[@rowancrew2934]

I agree a great movie.

[@TheCollingwood1]

CAGNEY. A GREAT GUY. RIP

[@DJ-tv4me]

3:18...Nobody could do that but Cagney....

[@stolenrelic13]

DJ I freaking love that wink. 😂

[@martinezmartineztwinsfan9636]

DJ James cagney is the chute sometime I love then dead end kids

[@pdiddley7597]

What, nobody but him could've bitch-slapped little runt Leo Gorcey?

[@user-xi9oe8yw6v]

@ DJ Really DJ, that's the truth! Just finished seeing the movie and when I saw that wink, I started laughing and said aloud-"Ahh bastard, he made that look slick!" If any one else tried that wink with that smirk, it would probably look cheesy and stupid. But Cagney made it look extremely cool! Rest in Paradise Mr. James Cagney. We're still keeping this film alive and kicking 81 years later my man!

[@jebziffel2929]

Crystal clear black and white photography, can't even duplicate it today with all of the technology.

[@robertnilla]

james cagney. a true irish american actor. what a legend. leo goercy and huntz hall.. east side kids. i remember watching this gang on tv when i was a kid. great show!!

[@tclark1243]

james cagney best male actor ever...

[@charlesflinnill978]

Can't argue that, Bogart was my favorite.

[@davidroby7290]

I thought bogie too

[@shanemiller7697]

Let's call it a tie between Cagney and Bogart.

[@alsimmons993]

@@shanemiller7697 Nope 100% Cagney 51 Bogart 49….. IMO

[@thebaddog4104]

RIP Jimmy...Best motion picture ever made ! Back in the 70s there was a movie channel and every so often they would have Cagney week. I was 6 yrs old and use to pretend i was sick so i could stay home and watch the movies they played them at noon. Loved White Heat and public enemy too but Angels with dirty faces was always my fav.

[@dorothyaguilar5639]

I use to do the same. I would watch all the old gangster movies no matter how late or early it was. I still watch them.

[@rosemaryedwards1888]

Oh God! Yes I loved being sick and seeing all old movies on TV! And black & white film! I got to know all the "Golden age " actors.

[@dannyharmon6529]

After watching Bowery Boys on TV 📺 growing up it was quite a surprise watching this movie for the first time.

[@johnbellamy6449]

What an amazing great man.how we miss this talent today.no great stunts or complex filming with cameras, just good old great actors. Miss the great actors we need them today..

[@JRS-iq9pz]

They Dead End Kids changed a lot when they started their own series. The Bowery Boys.

[@DoggieNYC]

And the Bowery Boys were a real gang at one time.

[@jameshorton7496]

Don't forget, they were also The East Side Kids in between Dead End and Bowery.

[@kennybluet5527]

Don't really remember a lot of these. Didn't Satch start out as a bad--- ass and then later become that kind of bumbling charactet?

[@pheresy1367]

@@kennybluet5527 Not an expert, but saw so many of these movies and shows with this crew as a kid on TV. The names were all different..... I remember Mugsy then later called Slip who became the leader, then Satch who is called "Crabby" here? So young the are in this, they kept going well beyond looking like "kids" into absurd adults pretending to still be kids.

[@charlesfullman8518]

Best wrong turn movie ever. Stands true to this day. Good vs. Evil.

[@maryannemelenka9250]

Oh, loved Cagney, angels with dirty faces, and those punks! One of greatest endings in movie history.

[@markjames2947]

Wow you make a great point in your comment and I agree with you, Hello how are you doing

[@rosemaryedwards1888]

I lived near his old farm in Millbrook, N Y. (James Cagney). Yea he was great! I loved when he played Lon Chaney. I always loved the Bowery boys too!

[@patrickgogan3517]

Liam neeson lives there today i believe in Millbrook

[@dennisjs]

Yes!!Man of a Thousand Faces was a GREAT movie; unfortunately never available on DVD

[@steelers6titles]

In "Man of a Thousand Faces", Cagney recreated the fake-healing scene in "The Miracle Man", the film which brought Chaney to stardom. It is presumed lost. Maybe a print will surface someday.

[@vincentsartain3061]

The only thing wrong with Cagney as Lon Chaney was that he was already in his late 50s when he was cast. Chaney died in 1930 at age 47, but was much younger than that in earlier stages of his career and as reenacted in THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES.

[@jimmytav120]

Class will always shine!!!!

[@davidlong3824]

Always great films with James Cagney in them.

[@Bootmahoy88]

Truly one of a kind, which may sound silly, but Cagney was extraordinarily talented and versatile. I’ve seen great actors; we all have, but this guy was special. He always moved me and startled me. I wish I could say it better, but damn. An amazing one-of-kind-artist.

[@isaiahtellez9640]

Man… the acting is so casual and perfect. You can’t even explain how much of a masterpiece this film is… man I’m only 25 and my pops was showing me all the OG Cagney, G. Robinson, Humphrey movies at like 4 or 5 😂

[@richardnogan4579]

Tku. Absolutely one of my favorite movie's. Great ending.

[@lawrencelewis8105]

The story I recall from a biography of Jimmy is that when Michael Curtiz said "action!" Gorcey made a wisecrack and Jimmy punched him and said "We are professionals and we don't waste these people's time!" One of the kids said, "He's no Bogart." They gave Bogie a hard time as he only played tough guys, but Cagney was the real deal. There was no one like him.

[@katiezee2]

If you can catch the whole movie, the beginning scenes with Cagney & OBrien as gang kids are great. The young actor who plays Cagney at around age 13, looks & sounds exactly like him, with the fast talking and everything. .(hint--check dailymotion dot com for this & other films not free on YT)

[@lawrencelewis8105]

Thanks, I have seen it many times. Cagney said in a biography that Sullivan was based on a street guy he knew when he was a kid. the movements, the shoulder-shrugging and so forth.

[@katiezee2]

Whadda ya know, whadda ya say hahhaha

[@lawrencelewis8105]

Indeed! Isn't Anne Sheridan gorgeous?

[@katiezee2]

Yes ! A trivia thing -- in Cagney's wonderful autobiography there's a picture of him as a baby in a fancy wicker pram, turn of the century..He was the most gorgeous baby ever, I have the picture framed !

[@ariellalocalwaves]

love how the quick nod at the passerby displays his true heart for the kids

[@howardrosenzweig8645]

One of the original and best "tough guys". Especially liked his performance in "White Heat"

[@vincentsartain3061]

On the set, Cagney gave Leo Gorcey a good slap in the face for being disrespectful; in those days, if you knew what was good for you, you DIDN'T talk smack to your elders, unless you were prepared to take some physical punishment for it!

[@factenter6787]

True and that's what's missing these days...and 1 of the reasons why this society has gone to 💩

[@citizenseventies6738]

@@factenter6787 I second that.

[@davyanonymous9674]

I give you guys another tidbit. The dead-end kids worked with Cagney, Garfield and Bogart among others. James Cagney and John Garfield were tough guys from the Lower East Side, and they could hold their own with the dead end kids. But Bogart was the son of a rich doctor or lawyer and grew up wealthy. He was not really a tough guy at all. And there's a story about him working on the movie "Dead End", hence giving the dead end kids their name, and they grabbed him and threw him on the ground and pulled his pants off between takes. But not so with Cagney or John Garfield. A real sleeper with these kids and John Garfield is the movie "They Made Me a Criminal". It's my favorite dead end kids movie. You could tell John Garfield had a real rapport with them just like Cagney.

[@LATVERIAN1]

Now this was a great crossover. Personally; my favorite Cagney film of all-time.

[@peterleitch48]

Poet and author John Campbell, in his book 'The Rose and the Blade', published by Lagan Press Poetry, wrote an excellent poetic tribute 'Cagney's not dead'. Every James Cagney fan will nod in nostalgic recognition and smile at each line.

[@mistercagney]

2:15 brilliant say ya prayers mugs

[@susanb2015]

I still remember "say your prayers rabbit" on bugs bunny cartoons.

[@deeboy5588]

A boatload of sandwiches, pickles, and beer for a "fin'!! Good times!!

[@davidgarris2513]

And not having to worry about 'being of age'

[@citrine65]

When I was a teen I sent Jimmy Cagney a fan letter; I received an autographed photo and a post card with a painting on that he painted. I still have them.

[@geronimosrifle2913]

My mom grew up watching James Cagney in the 40s, one of your favorite movies was angels with dirty faces. in the last scene when the priest trys talks James Cagney into acting like he's scared walking to the chair and to put on a big big show in front the kids so to change their actions. At first, he is defiant about not doing it and then hesees the kids, all impressionable and goes ahead. for the benefit of saving the kid's future snd lives, He makes himself look like a fool like a raving yellow coward one last act of courage and selflessness!! mama would just cry and cry and cry the millionth time we saw the movie she would still cry. Class is right and sure wish we had it again!

[@taxisteve929]

If they let this go another couple seconds, we could have seen Rocky get the REAL money out of the slot machine. I forget exactly, but he hit something and a bunch of dough came out. So the sandwiches and beer cost him nothing....

[@lisafernley1282]

I was waiting for that bit

[@pnotuner1]

That is cool

[@basilmarasco1975]

I think there were some coins in the machine that had not yet "dropped" down to the box. Forgot what he did to shake them loose.

[@patriciacolombini6567]

Ha ha love it!

[@taylordowning2533]

This film was excellent! I used to watch it all the time when I was 10

[@kavijackson868]

One of the greatest and saddest movies ever made!

[@nicoleolivier8365]

Will always remember Angels with Dirty Faces.. Best film of my youth.. I’m 73 now..

[@ronniecozzi8385]

Great film. Better than all the garbage Hollywood craps out today.

[@shawnduffy5766]

I'd say crap and garbage are a step up from that cesspool called hollywood.

[@shaunclifton5281]

@@shawnduffy5766 Amen to that

[@react--]

@@shawnduffy5766 showing your fucking ignorance.

[@GOBRADON502]

@@react-- showing that you're a fuckin troll😄😄😝

[@DoggieNYC]

It's funny I grew up in lower Manhattan in the 70's and it really didnt change a whole lot from this dynamic. Kind of warms my heart.

[@nylesfrench3568]

One of my favorite movies of All time. Cagney was a Real.New Yorker from the Eastside. I'm from the Bronx and love our "Accents" and language. In this Movie you saw a whole life story play out. An ol G with his fans and his inevitable demise. The ending is one of the Greatest. Cagney is phenomenal.

[@user-co4rs7ob1t]

Джеймс Кегни был потрясающий актер 40 - х годов....Потрясающе играл гангстеров!!!

[@originalkingalpha5116]

Fact!🍻

[@hemming57]

Both Cagney and Bogart were New Yorkers, but Bogie was upper west side and Cagney was lower east side.

[@dreamquesttv]

Peter Hemming Also, Bogart was in the Navy and Cagney was a dancer, so it all evens out.

[@philiphalpenny9761]

And yet, Cagney had more innate grace. His timing, when interacting with his fellow cast mates is always captivating.

[@steelers6titles]

Bogart's mother was the well-known illustrator Maud Humphrey. He was headed for the Ivy League, but got expelled from prep school (Phillips Exeter?)

[@CNR666]

Peter Hemming another difference was that Humphrey Bogart was raised by his wealthy parents (not too wealthy but rich enough for 1899). James Cagney was raised poor. When his father died young, he got a job to support his mother, giving her every single cent of his earnings each week, and continued to care for her until she died. He was a big believer in hard work ("It was good for me. I feel sorry for the kid who has too cushy a time of it. Suddenly he has to come face-to-face with the realities of life without any mama or papa to do his thinking for him."). I prefer Cagney over Bogie for this reason. What a legend!

[@philiphalpenny3783]

@@steelers6titles Andover...

[@markcorbett3807]

“Here’s a Fin,...” LMAO. Me Da used t let me stay up late t see Cagney, Bogey, Edward G movies; but mostly Cagney. Classic

[@roboi2241]

Don't think any actor ever had the screen presence or charisma of Cagney. Grew up watching re-runs of his films in the 70s, just had an awesome timeless potency on screen like you weren't watching an old b/w film but characters who could have fitted into any mob or whatever film decades later and outshone anyone with his sheer presence alone.

[@margiejones6709]

They don't make actors like this anymore,multi talented,true gem RIP.

[@sharonabner3156]

When I was a teenager in Jersey my mom got Mr Cagney's phone number and I called him for his birthday. Very nice gentleman but boy i was scared talking to him.

[@paveljirmar8342]

PUBLIC ENEMY, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, ROARING TWENTIES, WHITE HEAT, MR. ROBERTS 👍👍👍👍👍

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

Beauty man

[@rnise1961]

Although his musicals were good, he was fantastic as a gangster

[@vincentgeorgepierce7372]

Very good 😊

[@vincentsartain3061]

Cagney even made a few Westerns, the best of them being TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN -- not just "pretty good Western, for Cagney" but a solid Western in its own right, which Cagney enhances.

[@jslade60]

Even the juvenile delinquents of that time had a lot more class than this bunch today! Rip boys you were great as the East Side Kids and even better as The Bowery Boys!

[@richardfratus7726]

loved the Dead End Kids .....Saturday mornings at the neighborhood theatre...also called the Bowery Boys...Mugs, Satch, Whitey and the boys/

[@MickeyT54]

5 bucks for lunch for all of them? Times have changed. LOL

[@Robster543210]

MickeyT54 Beer too.

[@patrickgogan3517]

5 dollars in 1938 is nearly 20$ today

[@martyrdanielson]

@@patrickgogan3517 Several inflation calculators put the value of $5 in 1938 at around $90 in 2020 dollars. The $100+ in the wallet they lifted would be worth over $1800 in today's money.

[@racing747]

Just getting ready to comment on that but you beat me ta the punch 😂

[@barrywainwright3391]

Back then a hamburger was .19 and a bottle of soda pop was .5.

[@greenmtnman7714]

One of my favorite lines from this movie is from the next scene. At Rocky's flat they get ready to eat and Rocky says "Alright now, shove your chest up to the wood!".

[@ginolorenzo9851]

classics never get old they only get better

[@graemesmellie5223]

This guy was a brilliant actor along with the likes of Bogy And Bacall Cagney had class

[@marcdewey3848]

I love the way these people talked then,and of all these dead end kids Billy Halop was probably the most successful he guest starred on television programs such as The Andy Griffith Show and also was Munson on All In The Family but died in 1977 at age 57.

[@basilmarasco1975]

Also saw him in an older movie (probably only a few years after this one) called "Blues In The Night", about musicians. And yeah, saw him on the AGS and also as Munson on AITF.

[@PapagenoMF]

No way. Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall were easily the stars of that group.

[@vincentsartain3061]

@@PapagenoMF Gorcey and Hall didn't achieve top billing until after Halop left the gang. But "Slip Mahoney" and "Satch" were just absolute B-movie comedy greatness in The Bowery Boys franchise. I think their careers went better than Halop's did.

[@SonofDavid0814]

An all time classic!! One of my favorite movies!!! The acting and the overall storytelling is phenomenal! Cagney, as usual, delivers an Oscar worthy performance! By the way, this movie also starred Pat O’Brien and Humphrey Bogart!

[@mercoid]

He sure deserves all the accolades being heaped upon him in this comment section for his acting. 100%!! But let’s not forget what an amazing song and dance man he was too! The total package!

[@citrine65]

Yankee Doodle Dandy!

[@thomasgarza9304]

Of all the people those misguided boys could meet in life, Rocky Sullivan was the worst. What an incredible story, direction, and display of acting.