Although it's not a western it looks like one: Grace George taking Cagney out of jail ,it's ,say, Aline McMahon , doing the same for James Stewart in "the man from Laramie ". Mrs Mc Leod owns a little newspaper threatened by a press baron (instead of a smallholders against wealthy owners );and the shoot out scene is pure western style.
The rapport Cagney and George have is extraordinary : he's an educated tramp , a happy-go-lucky , but a virtuous gent who refuses to be bribed or hired by the mighty contender (like James Stewart in "it's a wonderful life" ); Mrs McLeod is a generous lady who feeds the bums whereas she's almost broke herself and has a mortgage hanging over her head ;"live does not matter,she says ,it's what you do with it".
The Jane /Pete couple is rather bland and conventional and provides this charming chronicle with its low point ,but other colorful characters as Hattie Mc Daniel's Aida and Marjorie Main's Gashouse Mary make up for it .
In the town,almost everybody loves Johnny -Come-Lately and he won't let them down.
The rapport Cagney and George have is extraordinary : he's an educated tramp , a happy-go-lucky , but a virtuous gent who refuses to be bribed or hired by the mighty contender (like James Stewart in "it's a wonderful life" ); Mrs McLeod is a generous lady who feeds the bums whereas she's almost broke herself and has a mortgage hanging over her head ;"live does not matter,she says ,it's what you do with it".
The Jane /Pete couple is rather bland and conventional and provides this charming chronicle with its low point ,but other colorful characters as Hattie Mc Daniel's Aida and Marjorie Main's Gashouse Mary make up for it .
In the town,almost everybody loves Johnny -Come-Lately and he won't let them down.