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Titre original : Lady Killer

1933
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1h 16min

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7,0/10

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Comedy Crime Mystery Romance Thriller

Un ancien gangster réussit à Hollywood, mais son ancienne vie le rattrape.Un ancien gangster réussit à Hollywood, mais son ancienne vie le rattrape.Un ancien gangster réussit à Hollywood, mais son ancienne vie le rattrape.

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2 k

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Spade Maddock
(as Douglas Dumbrille)

Russell Hopton

Smiley

Raymond Hatton

Pete

Henry O'Neill

Ramick

Robert Elliott

Brannigan

Marjorie Gateson

Mrs. Wilbur Marley

Willard Robertson

Detective Conroy

William B. Davidson

Director Williams
(as William Davidson)

Douglas Cosgrove

Detective Jones

Lowden Adams

Lois' Butler
(non crédité)

Luis Alberni

Director
(non crédité)

Joseph Belmont

Monkey Party Guest
(non crédité)

Brooks Benedict

Charlie - the Fence
(non crédité)

Harry Beresford

Dr. Crane
(non crédité)

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Anecdotes
For the scene when Dan Quigley hauls Myra Gale across the apartment floor by her hair and throws her out the door, James Cagney taught his co-star Mae Clarke an old stage trick. When Cagney grabbed hold of Clarke's hair (holding her by the top of her head), Clarke reached up and grabbed Cagney's wrist with both hands. This put her weight on Cagney's wrist, instead of on her hair. Clarke then held on to Cagney's wrist, screaming, as he dragged her across the room.

Gaffes
After the robbery of the wealthy woman's home, the paper says a maid was struck and seriously injured, and later in Dan Quigley's office, they're still talking about a maid who screams. Later, when the guy who actually hit her comes back scared, he says the butler died.

The owner of the house where Dan was taken after the "car accident" was Mrs. Wilbur Marley. This was the house where the maid was "slugged". The butler who "croaked" was "on the Crosby job".

Citations
Spade Maddock: [discussing diamond-studded Mrs. Marley at the gang's speakeasy] C'mere - take a gander at her.
Dan Quigley: [eyeing her through a peephole] Did you say "gander?" I wonder how she'd go for a goose.

Connexions
Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)

Bandes originales
Isn't It Heavenly
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Joseph Meyer
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Played when Myra invites Dan into her apartment.

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7/10

"There's always the telegraph, dumbbell."

New York criminal (James Cagney) takes it on the lam and winds up in Hollywood. There he gets a job working in movies, first in bit parts and eventually as a leading man. But when his old gang hears about his newfound success, they come knocking on his door and risk ruining everything for him.

I hesitate to call this a gangster picture like everybody else seems to be doing. Cagney's character starts out the movie joining a gang but it's a gang of confidence men. Then they graduate to robbing houses before someone is shot and they have to leave town. These aren't racketeers or guys shooting it out with tommy guns. So, in my view, they're criminals for sure but not what I would call gangsters. Not that it matters much in the end. This movie reunites Cagney with his Public Enemy costars Mae Clarke and Leslie Fenton. Clarke is a treat to watch and has great chemistry with Cagney. Lovely Margaret Lindsay plays the movie star Cagney falls for. I'm a fan of hers so of course I enjoyed her in this. Highlights include Cagney dragging Clarke out of his room by her hair and Cagney forcing a movie critic to eat his own review. A fun crime comedy from Warner Bros. with another great Cagney role.