Great Guy (1936)
SINGLE HANDED- HE BATTLED A NEW KIND OF PUBLIC ENEMY!
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
- Date of release
- 1936-12-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Director
- John G. Blystone
Casting
- James Cagney — Johnny 'Red' Cave
- Mae Clarke — Janet Henry
- James Burke — Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley
- Edward Brophy — Pete Reilly
- Henry Kolker — Abel Canning
- Bernadene Hayes — Hazel Scott
- Edward McNamara — Captain Pat Hanlon
- Robert Gleckler — Marty Cavanaugh
- Joe Sawyer — Joe Burton
- Edward Gargan — Henchman Al
- Matty Fain — Henchman Tim
- Mary Gordon — Mrs. Ogilvie
Interesting facts
Great Guy is a 1936 American crime film noir directed by John G. Blystone and starring James Cagney. In the film, an honest inspector for the New York Department of Weights and Measures takes on corrupt merchants and politicians.
Background
Great Guy was the first of two films James Cagney made for independent film company Grand National Pictures, after he successfully broke his contract with Warner Brothers. After completing his second film, the musical Something to Sing About (which was not a financial success), Cagney returned to Warners.
The technical adviser for the film was Charles M. Fuller, who was the Los Angeles County Sealer of Weights and Measures. The story was based on several written pieces that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1933 and 1934, written by James Edward Grant.
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