Jimmy the Gent (Always a Gent) (The Heir Chaser) (1934)
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James Cagney runs a shady missing-heir tracing service, occasionally providing phony heirs in order to collect his fee. He suffers a tinge of jealousy when he takes a gander at the offices of a legitimate tracing firm, where his former girlfriend (Bette Davis) has taken a job. Jimmy soon learns that… More James Cagney runs a shady missing-heir tracing service, occasionally providing phony heirs in order to collect his fee. He suffers a tinge of jealousy when he takes a gander at the offices of a legitimate tracing firm, where his former girlfriend (Bette Davis) has taken a job. Jimmy soon learns that the reputable organization's boss (Alan Dinehart) is more crooked than Jimmy ever was, but he can't convince the girl of this fact. Using his own street smarts, Cagney exposes the "honest" heir tracer and agrees to go straight if his girl will come back to him. At the time Jimmy the Gent was filmed, James Cagney was getting tired of the formula pictures being handed him; rather than go on suspension, he expressed his displeasure by shaving his hair almost down to the bone, which is why he appears in this film with an uncharacteristic buzz-cut. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Curtiz
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 17, 1934 Wide
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Cast
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James Cagney
as Jimmy Corrigan
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Bette Davis
as Joan Martin
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Alice White
as Mabel
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Allen Jenkins
as Louis
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Alan Dinehart
as James J. Wallingham
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Arthur Hohl
as Joe Rector
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Phillip Reed
as Ronnie Gatson
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Hobart Cavanaugh
as The Imposter
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Mayo Methot
as Gladys Farrell
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Ralf Harolde
as Hendrickson
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Philip Faversham
as Blair
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Nora Lane
as Posy Barton
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Monica Bannister
as Tea Assistant
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Joseph Crehan
as Judge
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Lester Dorr
as Chalmers
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Donald Douglas
as Man Drinking Tea
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Jay Eaton
as Young Man
- Dick French
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Eula Guy
as Nurse
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Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Ferris
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Charles Hickman
as Bailiff
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Howard Hickman
as Doctor
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Harry Holman
as Justice of the Peace
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Robert E. Homans
as Irish Cop
- Olaf Hytten
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Merna Kennedy
as Jitters
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Milt Kibbee
as Ambulance Driver
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Lorena Layson
as Brunette
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Stanley Mack
as Pete
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Lee Moran
as Stew
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Leonard Mudie
as Man in Flower Shop
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Vesey O'Davoren
as Steward
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Eddie Shubert
as Tim
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Harry Wallace
as Eddie
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Juliet Ware
as Viola
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Billy West
as Halley
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Renee Whitney
as Bessie
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Pat Wing
as Secretary
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Dennis O'Keefe
as Chester Coote
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Robert Warwick
as Civil Judge
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Joe Sawyer
as Mike
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Tom Costello
as Grant
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Harold Entwistle
as Rev. Amiel Bottsford
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Camille Rovelle
as File Clerk
