Everyone rightfully points out Cagney's bravura performance, but Curtiz's direction is nearly flawless. Say what you want about Curtiz's auteurist credentials, but his direction in this film as is about as good as anything I've seen in the great decade of 1940s cinema.
James Cagney in a true star performance, the kind that is absolutely nonexistent in film today.
Seeing Cagney bust those moves were fucking awesome especially dressed like an old man
That gangster James Cagney can sing and dance!! I enjoyed this biopic very much especially for Cagney's against type performance. He is very talented.