One of the first James Cagney gangster films and voted the #8 American Gangster film by the American Film Institute in 2008, and based on the novel Beer and Blood by John Bright, this gangster film in prohibition era Chicago features the famous grapefruit scene in the pre-Hays Code era.
The movie follows the rise of Tom Powers (Cagney) and Matt Doyle (Edward Woods) from kids in Chicago do small jobs like pickpocketting to becoming bootlegging gangsters. Jean Harlow plays the sexy girlfriend Cagney picks up on the street after smashing a grapefruit in his soon-to-be ex-girlfriends face at the dinner table.
Being a 1930's film they are very clearly on a set throughout the film. Many of the props are visually fake, and the supporting actors are very fake and scripted as well. I think the AFI was struggling to come up with 10 good gangster films. They should have pushed Scarface up, added American Gangster, and dropped this film.
Vote: 6/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022286/
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