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Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Directed by William K. Howard
“A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress”
Drama · 1h 37m
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
Tom Richards
Grace George
Vinnie McLeod
Marjorie Main
'Gashouse' Mary
M
Marjorie Lord
Jane
Hattie McDaniel
Aida
Edward McNamara
W.M. Dougherty
William Henry
Pete Dougherty
Robert Barrat
Bill Swain
George Cleveland
Willie Ferguson
Margaret Hamilton
Myrtle Ferguso
Norman Willis
Dudley Hirsh
Lucien Littlefield
Blaker
Crew
- Director
- William K. Howard
- Screenplay
- John Van Druten
- Novel
- Louis Bromfield
- Director of Photography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Original Music Composer
- Leigh Harline
- Editor
- George M. Arthur
- Producer
- William Cagney
Details
- Release date
- 1943-09-03
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- William Cagney Productions