Johnny Come Lately
- Released on
- Runtime
- 97 mins
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
Cast
- James Cagney
- Grace George
- Marjorie Main
- Marjorie Lord
- Hattie McDaniel
- Edward McNamara
- William Henry
- Robert Barrat
- George Cleveland
- Margaret Hamilton
- Norman Willis
- Lucien Littlefield
- Edwin Stanley
- Irving Bacon
- Clarence Muse
- William 'Wee Willie' Davis
- Tom Dugan
- Charles Irwin
- John Sheehan
- John 'Skins' Miller
- Arthur Hunnicutt
- Victor Kilian
Director
- William K. Howard
Producers
- William Cagney
Screenwriter
- John Van Druten
