Johnny Come Lately

Johnny Come Lately

97 mins | Drama | Sept. 3, 1943

Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died.

Johnny Come Lately

97 mins | Drama | Sept. 3, 1943

Johnny Come Lately
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers William Cagney Productions
Original title Johnny Come Lately
Directors William K. Howard, Lowell J. Farrell
Writers John Van Druten, Louis Bromfield

Cast

James Cagney

as Tom Richards

Grace George

as Vinnie McLeod

Marjorie Main

as 'Gashouse' Mary

Marjorie Lord

as Jane

Hattie McDaniel

as Aida

Edward McNamara

as W.M. Dougherty

William Henry

as Pete Dougherty

Robert Barrat

as Bill Swain

George Cleveland

as Willie Ferguson

Margaret Hamilton

as Myrtle Ferguso

Norman Willis

as Dudley Hirsh

Lucien Littlefield

as Blaker

Edwin Stanley

as Winterbottom

Irving Bacon

as Chief of Police

Clarence Muse

as Butler

Tom Dugan

as Cop

Charles Irwin

as Cop

John Sheehan

as Cop

Arthur Hunnicutt

as Tramp

Victor Kilian

as Tramp