Movie Database

Movies by Actor - James Cagney (67 [Missing: 7])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Doorway to Hell, TheDespite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.1930Archie MayoCrime,Drama6.5 (1.1K votes)7820220414
Sinners' HolidayMa Delano (Lucille LaVerne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade and lives upstairs with her sons Harry and Joe (James Cagney and Ray Gallagher) and daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp); their story involves rum-running, accidental murder, and a 1930John G. AdolfiAdventure,Crime,Romance6.3 (645 votes)6020211228
Blonde CrazyThe adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.1931Roy Del RuthComedy,Crime,Drama7.1 (1.9K votes)7920211228
Millionaire, TheA millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.1931John G. AdolfiComedy,Drama7.1 (526 votes)8020211228
Other Men's WomenEvents take an unhappy turn for two Bill and Jack, two locomotive engineers, after Bill is attracted to his best friend's wife.1930William A. WellmanDrama,Romance6.5 (1.2K votes)7120211228
Public Enemy, TheAn Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.1931William A. WellmanCrime,Drama7.6 (20.6K votes)8320211228
Smart MoneyA Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.1931Alfred E. GreenCrime,Drama6.8 (2K votes)8120211228
Crowd Roars, TheRace car driver becomes overprotective of his brother when he decides to become a racer as well.1932Howard HawksAction,Drama,Sport6.2 (1.3K votes)8520211228
TaxiIndependent cabbie Matt Nolan is primed to let his fists and handgun deliver payback after a big taxi firm uses intimidation and violence to squeeze out small-timers.1931Roy Del RuthCrime,Drama,Romance6.6 (1.3K votes)6920211228
Winner Take AllYoung boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. To help her, Jim endangers his health with a1932Roy Del RuthDrama6.2 (509 votes)6620211228
Footlight ParadeChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.1933Lloyd BaconComedy,Musical,Romance7.6 (5.3K votes)10420211228
Hard to HandleSmall time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is over, he's forced to come up with a series o1933Mervyn LeRoyComedy,Crime,Mystery6.7 (799 votes)7820211228
Lady KillerA former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.1933Roy Del RuthComedy,Crime,Mystery7.0 (1.7K votes)7620211228
Mayor of Hell, TheFive members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed deputy commissioner as a politi1933Archie Mayo, Michael CurtizCrime,Drama,Romance7.0 (1.6K votes)9020211228
Picture SnatcherEx-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't like that relation at first, but McLean, Kean1933Lloyd BaconCrime,Drama7.0 (1.6K votes)7720211228
He Was Her ManDan Curly sends two hitmen to kill double-crossing Flicker Hayes, who retreats to a small village with ex-prostitute Rose to hide.1934Lloyd BaconCrime,Drama,Romance6.3 (634 votes)7020211228
Here Comes the NavyA cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.1934Lloyd BaconComedy,Drama,Romance6.3 (965 votes)8720211228
Jimmy the GentAn unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.1934Michael CurtizComedy,Crime,Drama6.9 (1.8K votes)6720211228
St. Louis KidTrucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The ...1934Ray EnrightDrama,Romance6.6 (407 votes)6720220723
Ceiling ZeroWar veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to get Texas to take his flight assignment to 1936Howard HawksAdventure,Drama,Romance6.8 (702 votes)9520211228
Devil Dogs of the AirA talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.1935Lloyd BaconAction,Comedy,Drama6.1 (373 votes)8520211228
Frisco KidAfter a roustabout sailer avoids being shanghaied in 1852 San Francisco, his audacity helps him to arise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.1935Lloyd BaconAction,Adventure,Crime6.2 (557 votes)7720211228
G-MenJames Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagneyon the side of the law in "G" Men.1935William KeighleyCrime,Drama,Film-Noir7.1 (3.8K votes)8520211228
Irish In Us, TheTwo brothers, a police officer and a boxing promoter, vie for the affections of a lovely young woman.1935Lloyd BaconComedy6.2 (712 votes)8420211228
Midsummer's Night Dream, ATwo couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.1935William Dieterle, Max ReinhardtComedy,Fantasy,Romance6.9 (3.4K votes)13320211228
Great GuyThe adventures of an investigator (Cagney) for the Bureau of Weights and Measures.1936John G. BlystoneCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.3 (994 votes)6620211228
Something to Sing AboutA New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs.1937Victor SchertzingerComedy,Musical6.3 (901 votes)9320211228
Angels With Dirty FacesA priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.1938Michael CurtizCrime,Drama,Film-Noir7.9 (21.1K votes)9720211228
Boy Meets GirlTwo screenwriters in a rut come up with a story idea starring a bankable cowboy and the baby of the studio's waitress.1938Lloyd BaconComedy,Romance6.0 (683 votes)8620211228
Each Dawn I DieA corrupt D.A. with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter who wrote them for manslaughter in order to silence him.1939William KeighleyCrime,Drama,Film-Noir7.3 (3.3K votes)9220211228
Oklahoma Kid, TheDuring the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.1939Lloyd BaconAction,Western6.4 (2.2K votes)8520211228
Roaring Twenties, TheThree men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.1939Raoul WalshCrime,Drama,Film-Noir7.9 (13.7K votes)10620211228
City for ConquestDanny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.1940Anatole Litvak, Jean NegulescoDrama,Sport7.3 (2.3K votes)10420211228
Fighting 69th, TheAlthough loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.1940William KeighleyAction,Adventure,Biography6.7 (1.9K votes)9020211228
Torrid Zone Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits.1940William KeighleyAction,Adventure,Comedy6.8 (1.3K votes)8820211228
Bride Came COD, TheA financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.1941William KeighleyComedy,Romance7.0 (3.3K votes)9220211228
Strawberry Blonde, TheQuick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.1941Raoul WalshComedy,Romance7.3 (3.6K votes)9920211228
Captains of the CloudsInspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.1942Michael CurtizAction,Drama,War6.4 (1.5K votes)11420211228
Yankee Doodle DandyThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.1942Michael CurtizBiography,Drama,Family7.7 (15.2K votes)12620211228
Battle StationsNA1944 Documentary,Short,War Not Available
Johnny Come LatelyNewspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.1943William K. HowardAdventure,Drama,Romance6.8 (640 votes)9720211228
Blood on the SunA dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.1945Frank LloydDrama,Romance,Thriller6.1 (2K votes)9420211228
13 Rue MadeleineWhen spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.1947Henry HathawayAction,Adventure,Drama6.9 (2.8K votes)9520211228
Time of Your Life, TheA wide variety of persons come into Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.1948H.C. PotterComedy,Drama6.3 (1.2K votes)10920211228
White HeatA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.1949Raoul WalshAction,Crime,Drama8.1 (32K votes)11420211228
Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeStarting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.1950Gordon DouglasCrime,Film-Noir,Thriller7.1 (2K votes)10220211228
West Point Story, TheA Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.1950Roy Del RuthComedy,Music6.2 (1.3K votes)10720211228
Come Fill the CupAlcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics. His boss enlists his help to sob1951Gordon DouglasCrime,Drama6.9 (469 votes)11320211228
What Price GloryThe wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.1952John FordComedy,Drama,Romance6.2 (1.3K votes)11120211228
Lion Is in the Streets, AA charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?1953Raoul WalshDrama,Romance,Thriller6.2 (703 votes)8820211228
Love Me or Leave MeA fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.1955Charles VidorBiography,Drama,Music7.1 (4.1K votes)12220211228
Mister RobertsIn the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritatio1955John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua LoganComedy,Drama,War7.7 (16.4K votes)12320211228
Run For CoverMistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.1955Nicholas RayDrama,Western6.7 (1.6K votes)9320211228
These Wilder YearsA middle-aged man tries to reconnect with his illegitimate son, who was given to an orphanage many years ago.1956Roy RowlandDrama6.8 (1K votes)9120211228
Tribute to a Bad ManWith no law within 200 miles horse rancher Jeremy Rodak runs his spread with an iron hand and deals with rustlers even more ruthlessly.1956Robert WiseDrama,Romance,Western6.7 (1.4K votes)9520211228
Man Of A Thousand FacesThe life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.1957Joseph PevneyBiography,Drama7.2 (2.6K votes)12220211228
Never Steal Anything SmallJake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife, Linda, MacIllaney breaks up their marriage,1959Charles LedererComedy,Drama,Musical6.0 (314 votes)9420211228
Shake Hands with the DevilIn 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being lead by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.1959Michael AndersonAction,Drama,History7.0 (1.3K votes)11120211228
Gallant Hours, TheA semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.1960Robert MontgomeryBiography,Drama,War7.2 (1.6K votes)11520211228
One, Two, ThreeIn West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.1961Billy WilderComedy7.9 (20.7K votes)10420211228
The Road to the WallNA1962 Documentary,Short Not Available
RagtimeA young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.1981Milos FormanDrama7.3 (9.5K votes)15520211228
Terrible Joe MoranNA1984 Drama Not Available
You, John Jones!John Jones' (James Cagney) daughter is rehearsing the Gettysburg Address in preparation for a school elocution when he is called away by an air raid alarm. He sits alone in the evening and contemplates how lucky he is in America, ...1943Mervyn LeRoyDrama,Short,War6.5 (366 votes)1120240121
You, John Jones!NA1943 Not Available
When the Talkies Were YoungNA1955 History,Short Not Available
How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'NA1931 Comedy,Short,Sport Not Available
The Ballad of Smokey the BearNA1966 Adventure,Animation,Family Not Available