Johnny Come Lately
Drama
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.
1943-09-03
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Cast
Director
William K. Howard
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
William 'Wee Willie' Davis as Bouncer
Tom Dugan as Cop
John Sheehan as Cop
John 'Skins' Miller as Tramp
Arthur Hunnicutt as Tramp
Victor Kilian as Tramp