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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 7 min.
Directed By: Ray Enright
Genres: Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 10, 1934 Wide

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Cast

            James Cagney as Eddie Kennedy

            Patricia Ellis as Ann Reid

            Allen Jenkins as Buck Willetts

            Robert H. Barrat as Farmer Benson

            Hobart Cavanaugh as Richardson

            Spencer Charters as Merseldopp

            Addison Richards as Brown

            Dorothy Dare as Gracie

            Arthur Ayleswofth as Judge Jones

            Charles C. Wilson as Harris

            Harry Woods as Louie

            Gertrude Short as The Girlfriend

            Eddie Shubert as Pete

            Joan Barclay
            
            Edna Bennett as Flora

            Wade Boteler as Sergeant

            James P. Burtis as Detective

            Jack Cheatham as Deputie

            Clay Clement as Man

            Douglas Cosgrove as Prosecutor

            William B. Davidson as Joe Hunter

            Eddie Fetherstone
            
            Nan Grey as First Girl

            Virginia Grey as Second Girl

            Ben Hendricks Jr. as Motor Cop

            Russell Hicks as Gorman

            Milt Kibbee as Paymaster

            Wilfred Lucas as Policeman

            Stanley Mack as Driver

            Alice Marr as Secretary

            Martha Merrill as Third Girl

            Charles B. Middleton as Sheriff

            Lee Phelps as Farmer

            Rosalie Roy as Girl

            Mary Russell as Office Girl

            Cliff Saum as Cop

            Louise Seidel as Girl in Car

            Mary Treen as Giddy Girl

            Harry Tyler as Mike

            Guy Usher as Sergeant

            Monte Vandergrift
            
            Victoria Vinton as Secretary

            Tom Wilson as Cook

            Bruce Mitchell as Cop

            Frank Bull as Broadcast Officer

            Grover Liggon as Attendant

            Frank Fanning
            
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