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Johnny Come Lately
A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress
19431h 37m7.0out of 1021 votes
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.
Directed by William K. Howard
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Cast

James Cagney
Tom Richards

Grace George
Vinnie McLeod

Marjorie Main
'Gashouse' Mary
Marjorie Lord
Jane

Hattie McDaniel
Aida

Edward McNamara
W.M. Dougherty

William Henry
Pete Dougherty

Robert Barrat
Bill Swain

George Cleveland
Willie Ferguson

Margaret Hamilton
Myrtle Ferguso

Norman Willis
Dudley Hirsh

Lucien Littlefield
Blaker

Edwin Stanley
Winterbottom

Irving Bacon
Chief of Police
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