GREAT GUY(1936)
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While this seems like a pretty tame subject,
Cagny's the temporary head of weights and
measures! But he's on a rampage to clean up
the town's corrupt businessmen who bilk the
public by selling things to people that aren't
as they should be: 10 lbs. of sugar that's
only 9 and a half, 10 gallons of gas that's
only 7 etc.! This gets our boy into a lot of
trouble with those in charge of the graft! B-
A review from IMDb.com:
Two-fisted, crusading Deputy Chief of the
Department of Weights and Measures Johnny
Cave is out to smash short-weighting delicatessens,
markets, and grocery delivery services and to
expose the crooked businessmen who are behind
the short-weighting racket and who pay off
the aldermen and mayor who are on the take.
The plot sounds like a parody of all the
tough-guy G-Men and T-Men movies of the
thirties, but it is played straight and
it works.
The pleasures of the movie, aside from
Cagney as Cagney, are that this is the
third and final movie to pair Cagney with
Mae Clarke and that several great character
actors in the supporting cast, particularly
Edward Brophy, James Burke, and Henry
Kolker, are given plenty of opportunities
to show off their characteristic acts. - gimhoff
James Cagney ... Johnny Cave
Mae Clarke ... Janet Henry
James Burke ... Pat Haley
Edward Brophy ... Pete Reilly
Henry Kolker ... Abel Canning
Bernadene Hayes ... Hazel
Edward McNamara ... Capt. Hanlon
Robert Gleckler ... Marty Cavanaugh
Joe Sawyer ... Burton
Edward Gargan ... Al
Matty Fain ... Tim
Mary Gordon ... Mrs. Ogilvie
Wallis Clark ... Joel Green
Douglas Wood ... Mayor
Gertrude Astor ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Bobby Barber ... Grocery Clerk (uncredited)
Sammy Blum ... Party Chef (uncredited)
Lynton Brent ... Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Byron ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler ... Meat Clerk (uncredited)
Hugh Chapman ... Boy (uncredited)
Walter D. Clarke Jr. ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps ... Deputy (uncredited)
Patrick Cunning ... Party Guest (uncredited)
John Dilson ... City Editor (uncredited)
Lester Dorr ... Canning's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Jim Farley ... Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
James Ford ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Dwight Frye ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Green ... Nurse (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin ... Deputy (uncredited)
Mildred Harris ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr. ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Al Herman ... Deputy Marks (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt ... Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
Bert Kalmar Jr. ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Jane Keckley ... Cafeteria Customer (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold ... Burton's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Robert Lowery ... Mr. Parker (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie ... Mr. Marvin - Canning's Client (uncredited)
Wally Maher ... Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Frank Mills ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell ... Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer ... Party Guest (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien ... Meat Clerk #2 (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Detective (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Jack Perry ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Kate Price ... Woman at Accident (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore ... Mr. Grady - Store Manager (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Sugar Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Scott ... Deputy (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... Mike - Policeman (uncredited)
Vera Steadman ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Joe - Orphanage Receiving Clerk (uncredited)
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