Release Date

03 Sep, 1943

Runtime

01:37: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.

Original Title

Johnny Come Lately

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Actors

James Cagney

Grace George

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Lord

Hattie McDaniel

Edward McNamara

William Henry

Robert Barrat

George Cleveland

Margaret Hamilton

Norman Willis

Lucien Littlefield

Edwin Stanley

Irving Bacon

Clarence Muse

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Tom Dugan

Charles Irwin

John Sheehan

John 'Skins' Miller

Arthur Hunnicutt

Crew

Louis Bromfield

John Van Druten

William K. Howard

Leigh Harline

Lowell J. Farrell

Leigh Harline

William Cagney

Ben Winkler

Theodor Sparkuhl

George M. Arthur

Jack Okey

Julia Heron