James Cagney entered the world on July 17, 1899 in New York City.  He epitomized the urban tough guy gangster in Warner Bros. movies of the 1930's.  In real life he was a song and dance man at heart, winning his only Oscar for portraying George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.  Cagney appeared in more than 60 movies in a career that spanned half a century.  He died March 30, 1986 a few months shy of his 87th birthday.

Reviews of Movies Starring James Cagney

Movie	Release Date	Avg Stars
13 Rue Madeleine	01/15/1947
Angels with Dirty Faces	11/26/1938
Blood on the Sun	06/28/1945
Boy Meets Girl	08/27/1938
Bride Came C.O.D., The	07/25/1941
Captains of the Clouds	02/21/1942
City for Conquest	09/21/1940
Crowd Roars, The	04/16/1932
Doorway to Hell, The	10/18/1930
Each Dawn I Die	08/19/1939
Fighting 69th, The	01/26/1940
Footlight Parade	10/21/1933
G-Men	05/04/1935
Gallant Hours, The	06/22/1960
He Was Her Man	06/16/1934
Here Comes the Navy	07/21/1934
Irish in Us, The	08/03/1935
Jimmy the Gent	03/17/1934
Lady Killer	12/28/1933
Love Me or Leave Me	06/10/1955
Man of a Thousand Faces	08/13/1957
Midsummer Night's Dream, A	10/30/1935
Mister Roberts	07/30/1955
Oklahoma Kid, The	03/11/1939
One, Two, Three	12/15/1961
Other Men's Women	01/17/1931
Picture Snatcher	05/06/1933
Public Enemy, The	04/23/1931
Ragtime	11/20/1981
Roaring Twenties, The	10/23/1939
Seven Little Foys, The	06/23/1955
Shake Hands with the Devil	06/24/1959
Sinner's Holiday	10/11/1930
Something to Sing About	09/30/1937
Strawberry Blonde, The	02/22/1941
Taxi!	01/23/1932
These Wilder Years	08/17/1956
Tribute to a Bad Man	03/30/1956
What Price Glory	08/22/1952
White Heat	09/02/1949
Yankee Doodle Dandy	06/06/1942