This is a must-see film which captures a specific time and place: the prohibition-era Atlantic City Boardwalk scene.
This movie was released in 1930 at the height of prohibition and the beginning of The Great Depression.
It is the first film teaming of Cagney and Blondell, lifelong friends.
They acted these roles in the theater before the rights were purchased by Al Jolson to sell the script to Warner Brothers.
The scenes showed would have been absolutely scandalous five years later when the code went into effect.
The acting is great from the top down.
Cagney is at his most raw and gripping.
Great story which truly depicts the period and place with a reality-based tone that is hard to find in pictures anymore.
This movie was released in 1930 at the height of prohibition and the beginning of The Great Depression.
It is the first film teaming of Cagney and Blondell, lifelong friends.
They acted these roles in the theater before the rights were purchased by Al Jolson to sell the script to Warner Brothers.
The scenes showed would have been absolutely scandalous five years later when the code went into effect.
The acting is great from the top down.
Cagney is at his most raw and gripping.
Great story which truly depicts the period and place with a reality-based tone that is hard to find in pictures anymore.