
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress
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.
Cast: James Cagney, Grace George, Marjorie Main, Marjorie Lord, Hattie McDaniel, Edward McNamara, William Henry, Robert Barrat, George Cleveland, Margaret Hamilton, Norman Willis, Lucien Littlefield, Edwin Stanley, Irving Bacon, Clarence Muse, William 'Wee Willie' Davis, Tom Dugan, Charles Irwin, John Sheehan, John 'Skins' Miller
Writers: Louis Bromfield (Novel), John Van Druten (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl
Production Designer: Jack Okey
Editor: George M. Arthur
Composer: Leigh Harline
Direction team: Lowell J. Farrell (Assistant Director)
Producer: William Cagney
Production: William Cagney Productions