'G' Men (G-Men)

'G' Men (G-Men) (1935)

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    (741 ratings)

In G Men, Warner Bros. "bad boy" James Cagney plays James "Brick" Davis, a young lawyer whose education has been financed by soft-hearted racketeer McKay (William Harrigan). When Cagney's best pal, detective Eddie Buchanan (Regis Toomey), is killed in a gangland shooting, James decides to become a… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
William Keighley
Written By
Seton I. Miller
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
In Theaters
May 4, 1935 Wide
On DVD
Jul 18, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Jimmy Cagney is just as touch, reckless and compelling as an FBI agent as he is as a gangster in tis fast-moving Warner feature which was embraced by J. Edgar Hoover

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Chris W


    You could easily write this off as being a piece of propaganda/an FBI recruitment film, which is basically is. But it's also just a straight forward, traditional, albeit formulaic ansd predictable crime caper following the exploits of federal agents, or G Men as they strive to… More

  • Michael G


    It can easily be argued that G-Men is nothing more than an FBI recruitment movie, which in a sense it is. But is definitely a great one. James Cagney plays a lawyer turned fed whose benefactor is a mobster whose only wish for him is to go straight. There are plenty of seemingly… More

  • jay n


    The film is dated but entertaining. Jimmy's on the right side of the law this time and as nimble as ever and the fantastic Ann Dvorak is wonderful in the smaller of the two women's roles. However Margaret Lindsay is terrible and arch as the female lead.

  • Ken S


    Pretty descent gangster film about the birth of the FBI. Cagney chews some scenery and has a few great moments too.

  • Brian R


    One of actor's James Cagney and director William Keighley's best film. The film's attempt to counteract what many conservative political and business leaders claimed was a disturbing trend of glorifying criminals in the early 1930s gangster film genre. So in a way… More

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