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Johnny Come Lately( 1943)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      James Cagney

      Tom Richards

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      Grace George

      Vinnie McLeod

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      Marjorie Main

      'Gashouse' Mary

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      Marjorie Lord

      Jane

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      Hattie McDaniel

      Aida

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      Edward McNamara

      W.M. Dougherty

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      William Henry

      Pete Dougherty

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      Robert Barrat

      Bill Swain

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      George Cleveland

      Willie Ferguson

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      Margaret Hamilton

      Myrtle Ferguso

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      Norman Willis

      Dudley Hirsh

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      Lucien Littlefield

      Blaker

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      Edwin Stanley

      Winterbottom

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      Irving Bacon

      Chief of Police

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      Clarence Muse

      Butler

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      William 'Wee Willie' Davis

      Bouncer

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      Tom Dugan

      Cop

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      Charles Irwin

      Cop

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      John Sheehan

      Cop

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      John 'Skins' Miller

      Tramp

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      Arthur Hunnicutt

      Tramp

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      Victor Kilian

      Tramp

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Aug 21 2025
    “Vinnie” (Grace George) has been running the “Banner & Shield” newspaper for a very long time, but it’s no longer what it was and she has had to mortgage everything to the hilt to keep the thing, and it’s quirky collection of staff, from the scrap heap. She is a woman of integrity, though, and so when she attends the local court she encounters “Tom” (James Cagney) who is being accused of vagrancy. He claims to have been a newspaper man, so to save him jail she offers him a job. He accepts as an expedient to spare him incarceration, but she insists that he come and live with her and her formidab...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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