A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets

88 mins | Drama | Sept. 23, 1953

A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?

A Lion Is in the Streets

88 mins | Drama | Sept. 23, 1953

A Lion Is in the Streets
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, William Cagney Productions
Original title A Lion Is in the Streets
Directors William Kissell, Raoul Walsh
Writers Adria Locke Langley, Luther Davis

Cast

James Cagney

as Hank Martin

Barbara Hale

as Verity Wade

Anne Francis

as Flamingo McManamee

Warner Anderson

as Jules Bolduc

John McIntire

as Jeb Brown

Jeanne Cagney

as Jennie Brown

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Spurge McManamee

Frank McHugh

as Frank Rector

Larry Keating

as Robert L. Castleberry IV

Onslow Stevens

as Guy Polli

James Millican

as Samuel T. Beach

Mickey Simpson

as Tim Beck, Blacksmith

Sara Haden

as Lula May McManamee

Ellen Corby

as Singing Woman

Lee Aaker

as Johnny Briscoe (uncredited)