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Taxi!

Taxi! (1932)

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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

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How can you refuse a film that embraces non-violent arbitration and still gives a pass to Cagney taking revenge?

March 11, 2012 Full Review Source: Parallax View
Parallax View

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.'

March 9, 2012 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Just what a Depression audience wanted to see.

April 28, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for Taxi!

Cagney speaks Yiddish! For real, as he was moderately fluent in the language in real life. Only screen pairing of Cagney and Loretta Young.
May 19, 2008
The script isn't air-tight, but it's solid, and the story is a tale as old as time with a rather interesting (in either a bad or good way depending on your own opinion) outcome and James Cagney is amazing in it.
January 22, 2012
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