My dad saw this movie as a child and pursued martial arts as soon as he could. He passed on a love of old movies, and Cagney in particular, to me. Watching this again in memory of you Dad. Miss you.
Hi Lori ,my mom & i would watch old movies together too and like your dad, my moms gone too , but their memories live on every time we watch an old movie : )
We miss and love you James Cagney. You're a great actor as well as these other actors in the movie 🎥. You bring a magnetic energy to every movie you make.
I remember the first time I watched James Cagney in a movie, always heard about him and how he played the toughs guys, but the movie I'm speaking of was "Yankee doodle dandy" and let me tell you, he was incredible, I couldn't believe, how I was clued to the television, just watching him dance and sing, ever since that day I watched every Cagney movie I could find, I always though he was the greatest actor I ever watched, I just loved him in every movie, he was also a wonderful human being away from Hollywood.
klari geiszler. "Top of the world mom!" My first Cagney film was "Angels With Dirty Faces." The part where he was being led off to be executed haunted me. Wonderful man. Raised horses and studied soil after acting in his last movie "Ragtime."
When he slapped actor Leo Gorcey for butting in while he was performing on set and told him they would be working together and he'd better be a good boy, it was not in the script...it was so well done, the producer left the incident in the movie "Angels with..."@@juliat6221
Watched the "White Heat" yesterday... my first James Cagney film... I knew him when I was little but never got to watch a full film as I was more interested in romantic films. He was just incredible, top of the world... Along with Edward G. Robinson, he is the best villain I've seen on the screen. Now I'm here to watch more!!
You know, William Cagney was a Very Good Movie Producer... There aren't many of his films I haven't enjoyed, & this is amongst those. It Helps A Bunch When James [his brother] is the Star of His Films! The Duo Made Music TOGETHER, lol - Thank Goodness For The Oldies But Goodies We Are So Blessed To Have At Our Finger-tips Today. Thanks For Sharing!
Sylvia Sydney (1910 - 1999) had a remarkable career spanning more than seventy years and unlike so many popular female stars of the 1930s, she kept getting roles as a middle aged and then elderly lady - for example, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1973 for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). In 1985, she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in An Early Frost and in 1988 she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Her first film in 1927 was Broadway Nights and by the early 1930s she was an established star often playing the girlfriend or sister of a gangster. She appeared with Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracey, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Frederic March, George Raft and Gary Grant. In 1936 she starred in Hitchcock's British film Sabotage which was a smash hit and she was earning a staggering $10,000 a week and she earned $80,000 for Sabotage. Her career dimmed somewhat in the 1940s and in 1949 exhibitors voted her "box office poison" but she bounced back and went on to play highly successful character parts in movies and on TV. Her final film was another Tim Burton production, Mars Attacks in 1996.
i am a great admirer of Silvia Sidney. I met her once in Bangor, Maine in 1956 when she was doing a summer performance, live on stage. Afterwards I went backstage and introduced myself. She was in her dressing room alone and packing her suitcase as it had been the last performance of the play. She was a tiny lady, She had the most wrinkled face skin of anyone I've ever seen. It did not show on stage, nor any movie I ever saw her in. How this was managed is beyond me. A great actress.
@@thomasgansevoort929 written by a smooth faced nobody at the time. Moma said if you don't have anything nice to say about someone, don't say anything at all. That goes for writing too...
What a great actor Cagney was, slick, clean, honest, mean, tough and above all a true professional...........wish i could go back and watch him all over again.....................YOUCH !!!!
It's amazing how Youthful Cagney's stance and movements were even though he's in his mid 40's here. From far away shots I could swear that was him in his early 30's. He really held his youth a long time.
Ted thesailor alcohol was considered a “social drink”, back then up to the 70’s everyone had a bar in their living room or liquor cabinet in their living room. It was a natural pastime like drinking milk everyday . Times were different and the mindset. Women even drank wine and smoked while they were pregnant! 😳
Sorry for your loss.2018 was just yesterday. I am so glad you have fond memories of togetherness with your Dad. That in itself shows how much he loves you still.
If there is a film with Mr. Cagney reading a PHONE BOOK I would WATCH IT ! Loved the man ! Many years ago my uncle & JC owned farms near one another in up state NY . We went to his daughters restaurant often. She had her dads MEMORABILIA on EVERY WALL ! Thanks PIZZAFLIX. Your viewers STILL would ORDER from your ENTERTAINMENT MENUE any day...every day..
Either way. Using his fists, or a gun. He got his point across violently, but James Cagney was a wonderful character actor. R.I .P. James, & thanks for the wonderful movies. & memories.
@@iansilo105 I enjoy watching JC do his thing. Plus, I'm a classic kind of lady; black & white movies, sub-titles, and Zombies... what a pleasure. I saw my first black and white in 1968, I was seven-years-old. Night of the Living Dead. My mom had eight children. I'm the oldest, and the only one sitting in the dark watching the movie. Ahh, the good old' days. "Baby Come Back!"
Great Cagney film. It's interracial, despite being jingoistic and introducing post war Americans to Japanese "life style." And the mixed judo boxing was a novelty in movies. JC is terrific. Sad that diabetes affected in his later years and the quality of life not good.
I had to double check the year of release as I couldn’t believe how youthful Cagney looked. Another film I’ve never seen before. Cagney always good value and Sylvia Sidney was suitably exotic.
Can you tell me of his brothers roll in movies. I Have no idea of his involvement and his first name Please thank you. James Cagney in 'White Lightning' and there is a rare one calledI believe it was called 'Angle in my ear' Saw it only once.
I lived through the war years and wonder why this propaganda play pussyfoots around Hirohito, blaming all the evil on Adm. Tanaka? The weasel emperor was in on ALL of it from start to finish.
Cagney put his Judo skills (he was black belt) combined with his boxing prowess to good effect, this could’ve been the first visual demonstration of “mixed martial arts”
Years ago, one of the reviewers for this film sniffed, "It is a clear example of anti-Japanese sentiment..the tone and direction of the movie." Hello??, of course. This was 1945. Keeping history in context, Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor and we had just literally ended the Second World War. Our perception of the Japanese, xenophobia at its highest, and not without good reason because of atrocities upon American prisoners in the war. Excellent material for a thesis: Hollywood's treatment of this subject. I'd partner this with 'Japanese War Bride", and "Sayonara", and maybe even "Bridge to the Sun", all showing the way cinema handles this subject. Though I'm sure it's been done. But back to this film - I always thought Cagney a much better actor than many gave him credit for..and Sylvia is excellent as well!
+Cynthia Hawkins The Jews WERE STILL GAINING POWER THEN, TOLD A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRUTH THEN. AND RELIED ON ACTING ABILITY AND PERSONAL CHARISMA for a good movie
joe west-brown: What is your fucking problem? The Jews, what was left of them in Europe, were recuperating in detention camps and sanitoriums all over Europe thanks to the American JDC funded by American JEWS. It took them YEARS to physically recover from the concentration camps. You're a POS. GFY.
German jews declared an economic boycott of German goods in March of 1933. Then when the National Socialists made a counter boycott in April, the Jewish controlled media in the west claimed that this anti-semitism came from nowhere. It's always someone else's fault, not the self appointed chosen ones.
Met Cagney almost 72 years ago with a friend, Shorty Stark, who was a dead ringer for him. At one time Shorty held five world records in skydiving. James Cagney said meeting Shorty was like looking in a mirror.
@@jjoohhnnx John, I was referring to now, in 2021. Both of the actors you mentioned did some excellent work. Anyone whose seen Cagney in 'White Heat' will never forget the stunning, and staggering end of that film.
Thanks, PF. It's been a while since I first saw this great movie. Brilliantly directed, it doesn't leave a spare moment wasted. Mr. Cagney, as always delivers an heroic performance. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Chinese playing japanese and speaking english and americans playing japanese too. A pure propaganda movie, but Cagney is great as always. The world really needs Cagney today.
Cagney was a real life golden glove boxer and black belt Judoka before Olympic Judo training replaced traditional Judo training methods in the west. The flick kick, edge of hand strike and heel palm strikes seen in this fight scene are all part of old school Judo self-defense/unarmed combat training (not used in competitive Judo). The boxing Cagney mixes with his Judo comes from his golden glove background and growing up as a street fighter in New York City where he had to face a lot of bullies due to his small stature. Cagney trained all of his life in Boxing and Judo to remain fit.
.....the Man was so Great & did I say flawless? I think 85% of the time it was JAMES CAGNEY coming thru -- he really didn't have to do much "acting". Even Bogart wained when in the same room with his character. It was awesome to watch......
Yes, highly dubious that an American who just studies Judo for a year or two in his spare time could be wiping out an entire Japanese secret police force with his Judo skills. But hey, he's Jimmy Cagney, isn't he?
I saw a wonderful documentary on James . He was a beautiful and natural person . Organic instincts. charisma galore . He was completely humble about himself. But said he only really wanted to be a dancer , that was his bliss ! And what a dancer he was !!!
Trigger warning for snowflakes: don’t watch old movies if u are going to whine and be offended. You cannot judge those times by today’s weak standards. JC was great in any role even romantic, he has that charisma and charm! That final fighting scene, satisfying! Times when Americans loved patriots🎆
Although Cagney is light on his feet, and actually did a lot of the throws himself in this film. It was Cagney's stuntman that did the heavy lifting (pun intended!) during the last fight scene. Between the expert camera work, the great editing, and the fact that the stuntman was a real expert at hiding his face, this was extremely impressive, especially for the time. WOW!
All that I thought Cagney was all about wsere the 3 movies of his: "Public Enemy","Whit e Heat" and "Mr. Roberts" but I am suddenly discovering a rich treasure trove of his other movies ending with "Terrible Joe Moran".
@@cosettecopperfield8397 Well it might be "Entertainment at its best" but I think that Cagney's BEST ASCTING PERFORMANCE was in the brilliant crime movie "White Heat", directed by Raoul Walsh.
@@steveburrus9347 Many times have I heard of that movie, but not seen. I will check that out. Also, I will check out the recommendation by Will Snyder, '13 Rue Madielaene'. Thanks Steve and Will.
A remarkable picture for Mr. Cagney. I usually love all things Japanese too, for a picture done when the Americans and Japanese had armies in the field facing one another, this ain't as bad as propaganda pix of the period got.
I always liked watching James Cagney movies I was born around the time these movies were out . Not til later many years that’s when I was a lot older I seen him in the movies. Great actor was my favorite of those times he did the movies I liked Yankee Doodle Dandy the best because I have always loved to dance and still do . 👍
Perhaps, however it is a shame that America did not love a number of her citizens as much as they loved her, for example the Japanese Americans, Unionists, Hispanics, Jews, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, Gays, American Indians, and then of course The Poor were not so much. On a side note regarding the "Tanaka Memorial Imperialist Conquest Plan" where Japan is to conquer all of East Asia, and eventually The United States, and which is alluded to in this film was discovered years later after the wary to be forgery.
I am Black, African-American, Colored, Negro, person of color etc., and whatever the USA decides to call my race of people in the future. Whatever that name changes to be; and however diluted it may be, I have the blood of Mother Africa running through my veins. Inspite of all the pain and oppression my people have endured for more than 400 years in this country; I still love this country. America is like a very beautiful woman....who NEVER takes a bath.....but tries to cover up her stench with expensive perfume!
Jess Gatt yes, when the press had morals and wrote a story without maligning the story to get people to agree with their personal opinions! When they had to have a verified resource that gave them information. The editors had integrity and nothing could be printed if the journalist didn’t have proof to backup their story! Today the media is sloppy, reports inaccurate news! Never recants and corrects their errors, what were once reputable media outlets write stories like rag gossip magazines today! Give false information! You can’t believe anything you read today, and the stories are biased based on that media outlets personal political viewpoint, like FOX news! It’s sad how the press and news channels have lowered their principles and morals! Smh 🤦🏽♀️
$1 in 1940 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $19.41 today, an increase of $18.41 over 81 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.73% per year between 1940 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,840.69%.
And people say Bruce Lee brought martial arts to western mainstream. Nothing against Lee, but this proves it was Cagney; & what an amazing display it was.
What a wonderful movie, back when you could tell the difference between a friend and enemy. This should be watched by those now in power perhaps it could give them an idea of what an American WAS and IS, although there are fewer of us every day.
My dad saw this movie as a child and pursued martial arts as soon as he could. He passed on a love of old movies, and Cagney in particular, to me. Watching this again in memory of you Dad. Miss you.
Hi Lori ,my mom & i would watch old movies together too and like your dad, my moms gone too , but their memories live on every time we watch an old movie : )
I blame my mom for my love of Cagney,and old movies
We miss and love you James Cagney. You're a great actor as well as these other actors in the movie 🎥. You bring a magnetic energy to every movie you make.
I remember the first time I watched James Cagney in a movie, always heard about him and how he played the toughs guys, but the movie I'm speaking of was "Yankee doodle dandy" and let me tell you, he was incredible, I couldn't believe, how I was clued to the television, just watching him dance and sing, ever since that day I watched every Cagney movie I could find, I always though he was the greatest actor I ever watched, I just loved him in every movie, he was also a wonderful human being away from Hollywood.
Jake Welsh:Yankee Doodle Dandy was a fantastic movie, one the greats!!!
Jake Welsh, funny, I did the same watching every James Cagney film I could lay my hands on, only my first film with him was White Heat!
klari geiszler. "Top of the world mom!" My first Cagney film was "Angels With Dirty Faces." The part where he was being led off to be executed haunted me. Wonderful man. Raised horses and studied soil after acting in his last movie "Ragtime."
When he slapped actor Leo Gorcey for butting in while he was performing on set and told him they would be working together and he'd better be a good boy, it was not in the script...it was so well done, the producer left the incident in the movie "Angels with..."@@juliat6221
Watched the "White Heat" yesterday... my first James Cagney film... I knew him when I was little but never got to watch a full film as I was more interested in romantic films. He was just incredible, top of the world... Along with Edward G. Robinson, he is the best villain I've seen on the screen. Now I'm here to watch more!!
I remember seeing this film 50 years ago, I thought it was great then, 50 years later it is still GREAT..
THANK YOU!!!
How's this end?. Im @ the 38 minute mark. Im in a hurry. I dont know if I can hangin there. This is too deep for me
@@robertbrawley5048
Are you for real?!
You know, William Cagney was a Very Good Movie Producer... There aren't many of his films I haven't enjoyed, & this is amongst those. It Helps A Bunch When James [his brother] is the Star of His Films! The Duo Made Music TOGETHER, lol - Thank Goodness For The Oldies But Goodies We Are So Blessed To Have At Our Finger-tips Today. Thanks For Sharing!
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
Never saw a bad Cagney movie. Many thanks for sharing. Really excellent script...
LOve the oldies. Usually they have a story to tell instead of just computer special effect. Love Bogard,Cagney and the whole whole gang. Thank You.
Absolutely LOVE the gorgeous BIG, cocktail jewelry rings and fashions Sylvia Sidney wears in this classic!
Sylvia Sydney (1910 - 1999) had a remarkable career spanning more than seventy years and unlike so many popular female stars of the 1930s, she kept getting roles as a middle aged and then elderly lady - for example, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1973 for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). In 1985, she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in An Early Frost and in 1988 she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Her first film in 1927 was Broadway Nights and by the early 1930s she was an established star often playing the girlfriend or sister of a gangster. She appeared with Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracey, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Frederic March, George Raft and Gary Grant. In 1936 she starred in Hitchcock's British film Sabotage which was a smash hit and she was earning a staggering $10,000 a week and she earned $80,000 for Sabotage. Her career dimmed somewhat in the 1940s and in 1949 exhibitors voted her "box office poison" but she bounced back and went on to play highly successful character parts in movies and on TV. Her final film was another Tim Burton production, Mars Attacks in 1996.
Russell Grenning Thanks for information about Sylvia Sydney very interesting .Enjoy the evening. March 30,2021
@@sheiladavis6523 Thanks - it pleases me that people appreciate information that I post.
i am a great admirer of Silvia Sidney. I met her once in Bangor, Maine in 1956 when she was doing a summer performance, live on stage. Afterwards I went backstage and introduced myself. She was in her dressing room alone and packing her suitcase as it had been the last performance of the play. She was a tiny lady, She had the most wrinkled face skin of anyone I've ever seen. It did not show on stage, nor any movie I ever saw her in. How this was managed is beyond me. A great actress.
@@thomasgansevoort929 You were lucky! Yes, she was a great but sadly underrated actress.
@@thomasgansevoort929 written by a smooth faced nobody at the time. Moma said if you don't have anything nice to say about someone, don't say anything at all. That goes for writing too...
What a great actor Cagney was, slick, clean, honest, mean, tough and above all a true professional...........wish i could go back and watch him all over again.....................YOUCH !!!!
It's amazing how Youthful Cagney's stance and movements were even though he's in his mid 40's here. From far away shots I could swear that was him in his early 30's. He really held his youth a long time.
There isn't necessarily that big a difference between 30's & 40's if you look after yourself. Far too many movie stars succumbed to booze...
Ted thesailor alcohol was considered a “social drink”, back then up to the 70’s everyone had a bar in their living room or liquor cabinet in their living room. It was a natural pastime like drinking milk everyday . Times were different and the mindset. Women even drank wine and smoked while they were pregnant! 😳
It's also well to consider Cagney was a dancer, Dancers seem to stay limber a long time.
Absolutely love James Cagney always will❤
Thanks for the upload of this great classic James Cagney movie. Who needs to watch all these modern movies with no storyline at all.:)
Cagneys quick smile as he sneaks up the walkway on the ship. Gold.
One of my father's favourite shows.
He'd always quote lines from the movie to me!
He went to be with God on September 5, 2018.
My condolences
Ben Lujan I miss my Dad too, we'll always remember the special things we shared like enjoying a great film together. Sorry to hear of you loss.
Sorry for your loss, remember all the good days, but push on today. Look to tommorrow being better.
John 5:28,29 "a
All those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out. Those who practiced righteous things to a resurrection of life.
Sorry for your loss.2018 was just yesterday. I am so glad you have fond memories of togetherness with your Dad. That in itself shows how much he loves you still.
These times was real movies the actors and actress's was the special effects without cgi:-)) Cagney the Man!!!
Pre-NASA, now people believe CGI is reality.
Totally agree guys
Great film! Beautifully crafted, scripted, directed and acted. Love it!
Karate action?
If there is a film with Mr. Cagney reading a PHONE BOOK I would WATCH IT ! Loved the man ! Many years ago my uncle & JC owned farms near one another in up state NY . We went to his daughters restaurant often. She had her dads MEMORABILIA on EVERY WALL ! Thanks PIZZAFLIX. Your viewers STILL would ORDER from your ENTERTAINMENT MENUE any day...every day..
I love how James Cagney settles a fight! Bam!
Either way. Using his fists, or a gun. He got his point across violently, but James Cagney was a wonderful character actor. R.I .P. James, & thanks for the wonderful movies. & memories.
He used either his fists, or a gun to get his point across.
And no one could argue with that!.
@@iansilo105 I enjoy watching JC do his thing. Plus, I'm a classic kind of lady; black & white movies, sub-titles, and Zombies... what a pleasure. I saw my first black and white in 1968, I was seven-years-old. Night of the Living Dead. My mom had eight children. I'm the oldest, and the only one sitting in the dark watching the movie. Ahh, the good old' days. "Baby Come Back!"
Great Cagney film. It's interracial, despite being jingoistic and introducing post war Americans to Japanese "life
style." And the mixed judo boxing was a novelty in movies. JC is terrific. Sad that diabetes affected in his later years and the quality of life not good.
One of the all time favorites, first rate flick, many thanks for posting.
James Cagney is one of my favorite actors...he is one of the greatest.
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
Wow what a movie, what an actor what a wonderful man i can't stop saying it just love James cagney.
the great Orson Welles said of Cagney that in his films there is never a wasted movement ... all progress the story ....
I had to double check the year of release as I couldn’t believe how youthful Cagney looked. Another film I’ve never seen before. Cagney always good value and Sylvia Sidney was suitably exotic.
Sylvia Sidney's fashions; especially her jewelry; was so fabulous!
I wouldn't mind owning a few of her outfits. I love the style with a touch of class.
Absolutely classic!
@Ed Miller Yes she was! Always enjoy watching her. She had such grace and style.
A wonderful Cagney vehicle, a strong man with a conscience. He and his brother together made a great film-making team.
Can you tell me of his brothers roll in movies. I Have no idea of his involvement and his first name Please thank you. James Cagney in 'White Lightning' and there is a rare one calledI believe it was called 'Angle in my ear' Saw it only once.
And his Sister Too.
@@tomhefner6344 iij
@@martinbroverman3726 sure wish I new what you said?????
@@tomhefner6344 i don't recall saying anything🤨
No one but no one could ever walk in James Cagney shoes
🎬I agree 100%🎬
But-but...the date in the opening titles is MCMLXV, 1965 in American.
Amen
a free china . what a hoot
And he could sing and dance !
Cagney one of a kind, Thanks for this upload.
james cagney is one of the very best there ever was , thanks
I love this movie and seen it three times; Cagney and Sidney are superb!
Nope, make it four.
James Cagney: Legend.
They will never again be a James Cagney! AWESOME ACTOR!!!!! All his movies are EPIC!!!!! s.
Thank you for posting this movie
I lived through the war years and wonder why this propaganda play pussyfoots around Hirohito, blaming all the evil on Adm. Tanaka? The weasel emperor was in on ALL of it from start to finish.
Cagney put his Judo skills (he was black belt) combined with his boxing prowess to good effect, this could’ve been the first visual demonstration of “mixed martial arts”
The choreography of the fight scene at the end was beautifully mastered ~
You're quite observant. 😁
Another Jimmy Cagney classic 😊
Such class and who couldn't love Sylvia beauty style such sophistication. Love Cagney. "Ignorant but awfully willing" This had the best one liners
They just don't make them likes James Cagney anymore. Truely a great actor and a fine gentleman!👍
Bold Gentlemen ... to times :))
Love all James Cagney's and Betty davise movies❤️💕😊😆
Years ago, one of the reviewers for this film sniffed, "It is a clear example of anti-Japanese sentiment..the tone and direction of the movie." Hello??, of course. This was 1945. Keeping history in context, Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor and we had just literally ended the Second World War. Our perception of the Japanese, xenophobia at its highest, and not without good reason because of atrocities upon American prisoners in the war. Excellent material for a thesis: Hollywood's treatment of this subject. I'd partner this with 'Japanese War Bride", and "Sayonara", and maybe even "Bridge to the Sun", all showing the way cinema handles this subject. Though I'm sure it's been done. But back to this film - I always thought Cagney a much better actor than many gave him credit for..and Sylvia is excellent as well!
+Cynthia Hawkins The Jews WERE STILL GAINING POWER THEN, TOLD A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRUTH THEN. AND RELIED ON ACTING ABILITY AND PERSONAL CHARISMA for a good movie
Well said.
joe west-brown: What is your fucking problem? The Jews, what was left of them in Europe, were recuperating in detention camps and sanitoriums all over Europe thanks to the American JDC funded by American JEWS. It took them YEARS to physically recover from the concentration camps. You're a POS. GFY.
German jews declared an economic boycott of German goods in March of 1933. Then when the National Socialists made a counter boycott in April, the Jewish controlled media in the west claimed that this anti-semitism came from nowhere. It's always someone else's fault, not the self appointed chosen ones.
I believe they bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941 by sneak attack.
Love Cagney in anything###
Pat Hill Me too. He was the greatest of screen actors.
As long as he says You Dirty rat! :)
Has the face of a gangster.
@@benlee913 As a kid the face of a Prankster.
Excellent film always guaranteed a good film with James Cagney in it
James Cagney doing Marshal arts before the Bruce Lee Hollywood boom!
Great movie thanks for the upload great acting by James Cagney he was one of the greats
Met Cagney almost 72 years ago with a friend, Shorty Stark, who was a dead ringer for him. At one time Shorty held five world records in skydiving. James Cagney said meeting Shorty was like looking in a mirror.
JAMES CAGNEY one of the most under-rated actors in America.
@@jjoohhnnx John, I was referring to now, in 2021. Both of the actors you mentioned did some excellent work. Anyone whose seen Cagney in 'White Heat' will never forget the stunning, and staggering end of that film.
Thanks, PF. It's been a while since I first saw this great movie. Brilliantly directed, it doesn't leave a spare moment wasted. Mr. Cagney, as always delivers an heroic performance. Thoroughly enjoyable.
James Cagney was the best actor in the 1940's.
one must consider Mr Tracy too ... Cagney thought he was great ... one could not imitate him ....
@@anneroy4560 Nope. Tracy wasn't as sexy.
Thank you for sharing this.
What a great movie thank you Mr. Flix
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
We love these GREAT Classic Movies... don't we?😎 Oh Yeah!!
Cagney doing some MMA style kick ass before MMA.
Chinese playing japanese and speaking english and americans playing japanese too. A pure propaganda movie, but Cagney is great as always. The world really needs Cagney today.
Yet another fine Miklos Rosza score!
Appreciate you & your site👏 4 posting of this Movie.
Cagney was a real life golden glove boxer and black belt Judoka before Olympic Judo training replaced traditional Judo training methods in the west. The flick kick, edge of hand strike and heel palm strikes seen in this fight scene are all part of old school Judo self-defense/unarmed combat training (not used in competitive Judo). The boxing Cagney mixes with his Judo comes from his golden glove background and growing up as a street fighter in New York City where he had to face a lot of bullies due to his small stature. Cagney trained all of his life in Boxing and Judo to remain fit.
I'm no martial arts expert, but I saw that the fight scene looked very real.
Boy this movie had an "interracial" love story and great action for the time period of release 1945....
True a good one
Nice to see the wonderful Phil Ahn!
.....the Man was so Great & did I say flawless? I think 85% of the time it was JAMES CAGNEY coming thru -- he really didn't have to do much "acting". Even Bogart wained when in the same room with his character. It was awesome to watch......
Superb old Classic 👌👍
Cagney is the best.
John Halloran who played Osama was the real judo expert in the final fight; in fact he taught Cagney many of the moves he demonstrated. Holding back!
Yes, highly dubious that an American who just studies Judo for a year or two in his spare time could be wiping out an entire Japanese secret police force with his Judo skills. But hey, he's Jimmy Cagney, isn't he?
@@AtEboli2:00 2:01 He definitely is!!!
I saw a wonderful documentary on James . He was a beautiful and natural person . Organic instincts. charisma galore . He was completely humble about himself. But said he only really wanted to be a dancer , that was his bliss ! And what a dancer he was !!!
Pretty neat film. Cagney's always wonderful to watch. Thank you
Trigger warning for snowflakes: don’t watch old movies if u are going to whine and be offended. You cannot judge those times by today’s weak standards. JC was great in any role even romantic, he has that charisma and charm! That final fighting scene, satisfying! Times when Americans loved patriots🎆
Although Cagney is light on his feet, and actually did a lot of the throws himself in this film. It was Cagney's stuntman that did the heavy lifting (pun intended!) during the last fight scene. Between the expert camera work, the great editing, and the fact that the stuntman was a real expert at hiding his face, this was extremely impressive, especially for the time. WOW!
Just found this to watch later I’m sure I won’t be disappointed.
Excellent!👌 In the category of a Bond film.
Long before Bond.
I love it...Ward Cleaver in a supporting role. If you're gonna leave it...leave It to the Beaver.
If you have Jimmy in most cases then you will have a Great film experience.
FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES, BUT FIRST-GET-EVEN. WELL SAID.
Self-contradicting.
If you forgive you can not get even. You can't have it both ways. Stupid hollywood self-contradiction.
@@alphonsozorro7952 what part of "get even first" don't you understand
Thank God for True Heros like this, who SACRIFICED everything for Freedom!
I almost didn't watch this film! Thank you for posting
The one and only James Cagney.
All that I thought Cagney was all about wsere the 3 movies of his: "Public Enemy","Whit e Heat" and "Mr. Roberts" but I am suddenly discovering a rich treasure trove of his other movies ending with "Terrible Joe Moran".
Throw in "13 Rue Madielaene"
Steve Burrus 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' is a must see. Entertainment at its best and Cagney at his greatest.
@@cosettecopperfield8397 Well it might be "Entertainment at its best" but I think that Cagney's BEST ASCTING PERFORMANCE was in the brilliant crime movie "White Heat", directed by Raoul Walsh.
@@steveburrus9347 Many times have I heard of that movie, but not seen. I will check that out. Also, I will check out the recommendation by Will Snyder, '13 Rue Madielaene'. Thanks Steve and Will.
Good movie regardless of the political correctness aspect. Well done and entertaining. I'm 76 and watched this many times over the years.
AMT -
What parts ?
It does not get any better, at least not on this planet.
Orson welled said cagney was his fav actor saying jc never hammed it up
Great movie great actors.
Unlike now a days.
Excellent movie. Great dialog and acting.
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with.
super cool judo
Love James Cagney 🤩
A remarkable picture for Mr. Cagney. I usually love all things Japanese too, for a picture done when the Americans and Japanese had armies in the field facing one another, this ain't as bad as propaganda pix of the period got.
fantastic movie...….thankyou
I always liked watching James Cagney movies I was born around the time these movies were out . Not til later many years that’s when I was a lot older I seen him in the movies. Great actor was my favorite of those times he did the movies I liked Yankee Doodle Dandy the best because I have always loved to dance and still do . 👍
Some nice fight scenes 👍
The Tanaka Plan was real, not fictional. Just look it up in the history books.
"Forgive your enemies, BUT First Get Even!"
All told, I'd rather have lived in that era. Fewer conveniences but more vital.
Thank you for this flick. Cagney is at his best at ~ 1.24 goin' kung fu with the evil "colonel Ming" during WWII !
That is when America was Truly Loved by all of its citizens!!! United!!!!
Perhaps, however it is a shame that America did not love a number of her citizens as much as they loved her, for example the Japanese Americans, Unionists, Hispanics, Jews, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, Gays, American Indians, and then of course The Poor were not so much.
On a side note regarding the "Tanaka Memorial Imperialist Conquest Plan" where Japan is to conquer all of East Asia, and eventually The United States, and which is alluded to in this film was discovered years later after the wary to be forgery.
I am Black, African-American, Colored, Negro, person of color etc., and whatever the USA decides to call my race of people in the future. Whatever that name changes to be; and however diluted it may be, I have the blood of Mother Africa running through my veins. Inspite of all the pain and oppression my people have endured for more than 400 years in this country; I still love this country. America is like a very beautiful woman....who NEVER takes a bath.....but tries to cover up her stench with expensive perfume!
Anything Cagney is in is worth watching.
The best actor- no one comes close.
now thats an actor....
A classic. Cagney was awesome.
This movie was made during a time when the press actually was the press.
Jess Gatt yes, when the press had morals and wrote a story without maligning the story to get people to agree with their personal opinions! When they had to have a verified resource that gave them information. The editors had integrity and nothing could be printed if the journalist didn’t have proof to backup their story! Today the media is sloppy, reports inaccurate news! Never recants and corrects their errors, what were once reputable media outlets write stories like rag gossip magazines today! Give false information! You can’t believe anything you read today, and the stories are biased based on that media outlets personal political viewpoint, like FOX news! It’s sad how the press and news channels have lowered their principles and morals! Smh 🤦🏽♀️
this is awesome
Great movie 👏🏾🎬🎥🙋🏽
20:02 An excellent way to show us the approximate year this was supposed to be.
In 1939 Cagney was making $300k a year.What's that tell you about his acting credentials?
5.5 Mil. today. Ben should have stayed with Jen.
RUBBISH, BS ! Where did you get that?
$1 in 1940 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $19.41 today, an increase of $18.41 over 81 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.73% per year between 1940 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,840.69%.
@@clayguy1 I mean where did you get the info about him making 300k a year? I didn't mean the inflation rate over the past century.
@@adrianticGoogle... not the most reliable source..
And people say Bruce Lee brought martial arts to western mainstream. Nothing against Lee, but this proves it was Cagney; & what an amazing display it was.
What a wonderful movie, back when you could tell the difference between a friend and enemy. This should be watched by those now in power perhaps it could give them an idea of what an American WAS and IS, although there are fewer of us every day.
Yes! Back when we valued democracy, and the loser accepted the election results and congratulated the winner. That was the great America