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Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Drama

A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress

Release Date: 1943, September 3
Directors: William K. Howard
Countries: United States of America
Production: William Cagney Productions
Cast: Hattie McDaniel, Irving Bacon, Margaret Hamilton, John 'Skins' Miller, Charles Irwin, Tom Dugan, Lucien Littlefield, William 'Wee Willie' Davis, Arthur Hunnicutt, William Henry, Victor Kilian, Clarence Muse

Overview:

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.