Container of (work): Never steal anything small (Motion picture)
Notes:
James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Cara Williams, Nehemiah Persoff, Royal Dano, Roger Smith, Anthony Caruso. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Based on the play "Devil's hornpipe" by Maxwell Anderson. Wide screen (2.35:1). DVD extras: Audio commentary by film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer and audio commentary by author/film historian Lee Gambin; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Screen legend James Cagney, in his final musical performance, plays a lovable, larcenous longshoreman in this rapid-fire, song-filled spoof of union politics. Cagney sings and dances his way to the top of the heap as Jake MacIllaney, a combination Yankee Doodle Dandy and Robin Hood, who empties company and union coffers alike to become president of the Stevedore's union. The sly MacIllaney also has his eye on his lawyer's beautiful wife and reaches into his bag of tricks to win her over.
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