Johnny Come Lately
A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress
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Overview
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
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James CagneyTom Richards -
Grace GeorgeVinnie McLeod -
Marjorie Main'Gashouse' Mary -
Marjorie LordJane -
Hattie McDanielAida -
Edward McNamaraW.M. Dougherty -
William HenryPete Dougherty -
Robert BarratBill Swain -
George ClevelandWillie Ferguson -
Margaret HamiltonMyrtle Ferguso -
Norman WillisDudley Hirsh -
Lucien LittlefieldBlaker -
Edwin StanleyWinterbottom -
Irving BaconChief of Police -
Clarence MuseButler -
William 'Wee Willie' DavisBouncer -
Tom DuganCop -
Charles IrwinCop -
John SheehanCop -
John 'Skins' MillerTramp
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