The St. Louis Kid (A Weekend Perfect) (A Perfect Week-End) (1934)
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James Cagney manages to retain his pre-Code cockiness within post-Code limitations in the likeable St. Louis Kid. Cagney and Allen Jenkins, Eddie Kennedy, and Buck Willetts play long-distance truck drivers who get entangled in a battle between a crooked trucking firm and striking milk farmers (a… More James Cagney manages to retain his pre-Code cockiness within post-Code limitations in the likeable St. Louis Kid. Cagney and Allen Jenkins, Eddie Kennedy, and Buck Willetts play long-distance truck drivers who get entangled in a battle between a crooked trucking firm and striking milk farmers (a plot thread based on actual events). When one of the dairymen is killed by a hired goon, Eddie is accused of the crime. He breaks out of jail to track down the real killer then has to rescue his girlfriend Ann (Patricia Ellis), who's been kidnapped by henchmen of the truck company. It takes a bit of clever brainwork between Eddie and Buck, but our hero manages to flummox the bad guys and rescue the girl. James Cagney's sheer star power is such that the audience is willing to forgive the fact that, in the early passages of the film, his character is nothing more or less than a "scab." St. Louis Kid is the picture in which Cagney, tired of playing characters who settle differences with their fists, hit upon the novel idea of incapacitating his screen rivals by butting his forehead against theirs, knocking them cold without laying a hand on them! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ray Enright
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 10, 1934 Wide
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Cast
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James Cagney
as Eddie Kennedy
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Patricia Ellis
as Ann Reid
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Allen Jenkins
as Buck Willetts
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Robert H. Barrat
as Farmer Benson
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Hobart Cavanaugh
as Richardson
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Spencer Charters
as Merseldopp
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Addison Richards
as Brown
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Dorothy Dare
as Gracie
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Arthur Ayleswofth
as Judge Jones
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Charles C. Wilson
as Harris
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Harry Woods
as Louie
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Gertrude Short
as The Girlfriend
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Eddie Shubert
as Pete
- Joan Barclay
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Edna Bennett
as Flora
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Wade Boteler
as Sergeant
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James P. Burtis
as Detective
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Jack Cheatham
as Deputie
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Clay Clement
as Man
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Douglas Cosgrove
as Prosecutor
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William B. Davidson
as Joe Hunter
- Eddie Fetherstone
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Nan Grey
as First Girl
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Virginia Grey
as Second Girl
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Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Motor Cop
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Russell Hicks
as Gorman
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Milt Kibbee
as Paymaster
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Wilfred Lucas
as Policeman
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Stanley Mack
as Driver
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Alice Marr
as Secretary
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Martha Merrill
as Third Girl
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Charles B. Middleton
as Sheriff
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Lee Phelps
as Farmer
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Rosalie Roy
as Girl
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Mary Russell
as Office Girl
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Cliff Saum
as Cop
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Louise Seidel
as Girl in Car
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Mary Treen
as Giddy Girl
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Harry Tyler
as Mike
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Guy Usher
as Sergeant
- Monte Vandergrift
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Victoria Vinton
as Secretary
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Tom Wilson
as Cook
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Bruce Mitchell
as Cop
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Frank Bull
as Broadcast Officer
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Grover Liggon
as Attendant
- Frank Fanning
