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G-Men (1935)
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by Turner Home Ent
Sales Rank: 33169
Price: $19.98
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G-Men, a punchy ripped-from-the-headlines account of the pursuit and capture of John Dillinger provides the story inspiration as Cagney, one of the screen's archetypal bad guys, gives it to 'em good in a caper that's "fast, funny, as simplistic and powerful as a tabloid headline" (Geoff Andrew, Time Out Film Guide). "G" Men builds to a fury of bold escapes, siren-wailing pursuits and frenzied shootouts.
Viewer Reviews
When the production code came around, movies got cleaned up, and that included gangster movies. In consequence, gangsters could not be glorified, so James Cagney went from hoodlum to the side of the law in G-Men. This is the story of the beginning of the FBI. Cagney plays Brick Davis, a former lawyer who turns to police work after his friend (Lloyd Nolan) is murdered in the line of duty. Brick grew up in the slums and was given his break by a gangster so he knows how the underworld works. That makes him a great cop. It is up to him to round up the top ten most wanted men in America and with the help of menotor Jeff McCord (Robert Armstrong), he can do it.
An entertaining movie, G-Men is nothing too significant. It seems more like a Warners programmer than anything with plenty of stock actors. Ann Dvorak appears as a gangster's wife, Margaret Lindsay as Cagney's love interest, and Barton MacLane as the most elusive gangster Collins.
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