'G' Men (1935)
May 4, 1935Release Date
'G' Men (1935)
May 4, 1935Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
James Cagney
'Brick' Davis
Margaret Lindsay
Kay McCord
Ann Dvorak
Jean Morgan
Robert Armstrong
Jeff McCord
Barton MacLane
Collins
Lloyd Nolan
Hugh Farrell
William Harrigan
'Mac' McKay
Russell Hopton
Gerard
Edward Pawley
Danny Leggett
Monte Blue
Fingerprint Expert
Noel Madison
Durfee
Regis Toomey
Eddie Buchanan
William Keighley
Director
Addison Richards
Bruce J. Gregory
Seton I. Miller
Writer
Harold Huber
Venke
Sol Polito
Cinematographer
Raymond Hatton
Gangsters' Messenger with Warning
Jack Killifer
Editor
Marie Astaire
Gerard's Moll (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Man (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Cop (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
Frank Bull
Last Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
G-Man with Farrell (uncredited)
George Daly
Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
J.E. Glattner - the Florist (uncredited)
Don Downen
Joe - the Second Fingerprint Clerk (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Durfee's Moll (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Cop with Farrell (uncredited)
James Flavin
Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
G-Man Guarding Leggett (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Congressman (uncredited)
Henry Hall
Police Driver (uncredited)
Al Hill
Hood (uncredited)
John Impolito
Tony - a Florist (uncredited)
Perry Irvins
Doctor at Store (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Gangster with Durfee (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence
Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
James T. Mack
Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
First Gangster Shot at Lodge (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Joseph Kratz (uncredited)
Martha Merrill
Nurse (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
Sergeant with Farrell (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
Lounger Outside Lunch Room (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
Accomplice (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Moll (uncredited)
Wheeler Oakman
Gangster at Lodge Wanting to Quit (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
McCord's Aide (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Al (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Congressman (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
Police Chief at Lodge (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
First Trainee at Target Practice (uncredited)
Gertrude Short
Collins' Moll (uncredited)
Mary Treen
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Deputy Sheriff on Train (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Bill - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Huey White
Gangster Playing Cards (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 4, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Budget$450,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
G Men is a 1935 Warner Bros. crime film starring James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay and Lloyd Nolan in his film debut. According to Variety, the movie was one of the top-grossing films of 1935. The supporting cast features Robert Armstrong and Barton MacLane.
G Men was made as part of a deliberate attempt by the Warners to counteract what many political and business leaders claimed was a disturbing trend of glorifying criminals in the early 1930s gangster film genre. Although the gangster films were typically presented as moral indictments of organized crime where the criminal protagonist inevitably died, they nevertheless depicted a life of freedom, power and luxury enjoyed by gangsters in the midst of a real-life economic crisis. Foremost of these films were Little Caesar, the original Scarface, and perhaps the most memorable, The Public Enemy, in which Cagney portrayed street tough Tom Powers, the role that catapulted him to stardom. What was deemed most objectionable about these films was that law enforcement was typically portrayed as either impotent in the face of crime, or, as with Public Enemy, akin to a derelict and largely absentee father shirking his duty. Based on this interpretation, G Men supplanted the criminal protagonist with the heroic federal police officer.
Most prints of this film include a brief prologue added at the beginning for the 1949 re-release (on the FBI's 25th anniversary). This scene depicts a senior agent (played by David Brian) introducing a screening of the film to a group of FBI recruits so that they may learn about the Bureau's history.