The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Austin ParkerWriter
- Victor SchertzingerDirector
- Myrl AldermanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James CagneyTerry Rooney
- Evelyn DawRita Wyatt
- William FrawleyHank Mayers
- Mona BarrieStephanie Hajos
- Gene LockhartBennett O. Regan
- Philip AhnIto
- Marek WindheimFarney
- Dwight FryeEaston
- Johnny ArthurDaviani
- William B. DavidsonCafé Manager
- Richard TuckerBlaine
- Kathleen LockhartMiss Robbins
Stills
Themes
musicalbandleader