"blonde crazy" is jimmy cagney's pre-code comedy, and also in my opinion, his first and only successful attempt of being cinematic romanticist before william wellman's "public enemy" catapults him into the smashing icon of misogynistic gangster who smashes grapefruit to a dame's ...( read more)
James Cagney teams with Joan Blondell as a couple of con atrists out for whatever they can get. The film is famous for Cagney's line, "That dirty, double-crossin' rat!"
The movie starts out well enough, but the last ten minutes feel like they were tacked on to increase running time and don't really feel like they are part of the same movie. Cagney and Blondell are always great fun though, and I enjoyed some of the cons that they pulled, plus LO...( read more)
Early Cagney capers with the lovely (and blonde) Joan Blondell. Some good con tricks are shown in decent detail. Top class filmflammery and all with the best motives/intentions.
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