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Lady Killer (1933)

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We first lay eyes on Jimmy Cagney in Lady Killer while he's working as a movie theater usher. This job lasts just long enough for Jimmy to be swindled in a "badger game" orchestrated by hard-boiled Mae Clarke and a gang of crooks headed by Douglass Dumbrille. Knowing a good thing when he sees it, Cagney joins the mob, and soon is calling the shots. But though he's got larceny in his soul, Cagney draws the line at murder, and when gang member Raymond Hatton is bumped off, Cagney and Clarke board

Mar 25, 2008

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A fully satisfying, if totally manic, joyride.

April 5, 2008 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
DVDTalk.com

[James] Cagney is at his insolent best as the perpetual-motion wiseguy, always with a ready crack yet resilient enough to laugh at a creative insult lobbed his way.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

In Lady Killer Cagney does a comedic tough-guy, and he does it like almost no one before or since.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Cagney is his usual cocky screen self in Lady Killer, a movie that starts light and gets even lighter as it goes along.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

A crisp James Cagney comedy vehicle.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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A very funny pre-code movie with a great performance from Cagney. If you're a fan of his, don't miss this movie.

September 3, 2010
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

Lady Killer is either a comedy that wants to be a gangster picture or a gangster picture that wants to be a comedy. It never really executes the combination of the two smoothly and the best you really get is a mess with a handful of amusing moments--one of which features monkeys trashing a party. James Cagney

June 15, 2010
mjgildea

Super Reviewer

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