Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But when one of their colleagues dies in a freak accident, a rival bootlegging faction senses weakness among Tom and Matt’s gang…
After World War I, friends Eddie (James Cagney), George (Humphrey Bogart) and Lloyd (Jeffrey Lynn) return to America with ambitions for the future. The trio attempts to make a living; the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a nostalgic view of the golden era of show business and of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan, who made it glitter.
Chester Kent replaces his failing career as a director of Broadway musicals with a new one as the creator of musical numbers called ‘prologues’ for movie theatres, then ship them out to the various picture palaces in New York.
When prominent gangster Rocky becomes a hero to some teenaged boys, Father Jerry tries to keep the kids on the straight and narrow.
A pGang leader Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) lives for his mother, planning heists between horrible headaches. Released from prison, Jarrett plots a seemingly perfect heist, unaware that his partners plan to kill him and his right-hand man is working for the police.