The Vitaphone Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Blonde Crazy
Jim's back!... with a brand new line!
The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
- Original title
- Blonde Crazy
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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Sep 3, 2022 · via TMDB
Back in the days before the Code, James Cagney is "Bert", a bit of a rakish bell-hop in the best hotel in a small town where he takes a shine to the would-be chamber-maid "Anne" (Joan Blondell). After some flirting shenanigans and quite a bit of face slapping, the two finally join forces on a scam that nets them each the fairly large sum of $2,500! That is enough to move to a better town, a better hotel, and a better scam - until they align with the unscrupulous "Barker" (Louis Calhern) and they find themselves with the task of getting even... Poor old "Bert" is a bit of a commitment-phobe, and so "Anne" falls for the kindly "Joe" (Ray Milland) but when he "borrows" his company's cash for a dodgy scheme, it falls to "Bert" to try and fix things - and, well things don't quite go to plan. This is a love story, peppered with some feisty performances, some engaging action scenarios and plenty of quick-witted dialogue as the chemistry between the young Cagney and Blondell gradually develops for an eighty minutes that moves along nicely. Milland features sparingly, but Calhern adds quite a bit of value as the suave but duplicitous focus for the pair's revenge. The production isn't perhaps the best - the continuity is ropey, but the story and characterisations are entertaining and the ending would pull at even the most cynical of heart-strings. Good fun!
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James Cagney
Albert 'Bert' Harris
Joan Blondell
Anne Roberts
Louis Calhern
'Dapper Dan' Barker
Noel Francis
Helen Wilson
Ray Milland
Joe Reynolds
Guy Kibbee
A. Rupert Johnson Jr.
Polly Walters
Peggy
William Burress
Colonel Bellock
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Snyder
Nat Pendleton
Hank aka Pete
Wade Boteler
Detective (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
Cabbie (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Peter Erkelenz
Kansas City Dutch (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Driver (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Tough Guy on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Otto Lederer
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Russell Hopton
Jerry (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Martindel
Jeweler (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Walter Percival
Lee (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
Conman (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Roy Del Ruth
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
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