Taxi! (1932)
Release Date: Jan 23, 1932 Wide
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A huge box office success and a key film in James Cagney's rise to stardom, this drama stars Cagney as Matt Nolan, a gritty New York City cab driver who is being squeezed by a monopolistic taxi trust which uses force to run him and other independent cabbies away from the most profitable locations. Nolan joins forces with Pop Riley (George Kibbee), whose cab is smashed by a truck when he refuses to cooperate with the syndicate. Kibbee is sent to prison for shooting at the truck driver. Nolan is
Jan 23, 1932 Wide
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Cast
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James Cagney
Matt Nolan -
Loretta Young
Sue Reilly -
George E. Stone
Skeets -
Guy Kibbee
Pop Reilly -
Leila Bennett
Ruby -
Dorothy Burgess
Marie Costa -
Matt McHugh
Joe Silva -
Berton Churchill
Mr. West -
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Ray Cooke
Danny Nolan -
Cotton Club Orchestra
Themselves -
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Eddie Fetherstone
Dance Judge -
Aggie Herring
Cleaning lady -
Evelyn Knapp
Movie Star -
David Landau
Buck Gerard -
George MacFarlane
Father Nulty -
Robert E. O'Connor
Cop with Jewish man -
Nat Pendleton
Truckdriver -
Lee Phelps
Onlooker -
Russell Powell
Dance Judge -
George Raft
William "Willie" Kenny -
Hector V. Sarno
Monument Salesman -
Ben Taggart
Cop -
Harry Tenbrook
Cabbie -
Polly Walters
Polly
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How can you refuse a film that embraces non-violent arbitration and still gives a pass to Cagney taking revenge?
Is James Cagney the greatest movie star in history? Watching 'Taxi!,' it's hard to vote no. As active as a terrier, as combustible as dynamite, he was made for motion pictures; he's so kinetic he threatens to ignite, like Johnny Blaze in 'Ghost Rider.'
Just what a Depression audience wanted to see.
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