"G" men /
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Edition: | Standard version. |
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Imprint: | Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006] |
Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Dillinger, John, -- 1903-1934 -- Drama. Dillinger, John, -- 1903-1934 -- Drama. Dillinger, John, -- 1903-1934. United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Drama. United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Drama. United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation. Criminal behavior -- United States -- Drama. Empleado de gobierno -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro. Delitos -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro. Criminal psychology -- United States -- Drama. Criminal behavior. United States. Feature films. Gangster films. Gangster -- Feature. Crime -- Feature. Gangster films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Gangster films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Format: | DVD Video |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7979972 |
Summary: | In G Men, Warner Bros. "bad boy" James Cagney plays James "Brick" Davis, a young lawyer whose education has been financed by soft-hearted racketeer McKay (William Harrigan). When Cagney's best pal, detective Eddie Buchanan (Regis Toomey), is killed in a gangland shooting, James decides to become a G-Man. Though scrupulously honest, Davis is looked upon with suspicion by his fellow agents because of his association with the crooked McKay. He proves he's a "good guy" when his former girlfriend, Jean Ann Dvorak, now the wife of mobster Brad Collins (Barton MacLane), tips him off to a "Little Bohemia"-style gangster hideaway. Jean later sacrifices her own life to help James rescue his new girl, nurse Kay McCord (Margaret Lindsay), from the vengeful Collins. Based on Gregory Miller's book Public Enemy No. 1, G-Men was reissued in 1949, with an added prologue featuring David Brian as an FBI trainer who advises his students not to laugh at the old-fashioned costumes and slang in the 1935 film; seen today, it is Brian's superfluous opening comments that seem hopelessly dated, while the film itself is as exciting and entertaining as ever. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi |
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Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Special features: Warner Night at the movies 1935 short subjects gallery: Vintage newsreel, Comedy short "The old grey mayor" starring Bob Hope, cartoon "Buddy the Gee Man," trailers of "G men" and 1935's "Devil dogs of the air"; featurette "Morality and the code: a how-to-manual for Hollywood"; commentary soundtrack by film historian Richard Jewell; "How I play golf" by Bobby Jones no. 11: practice shots; "Things you never see on the screen," 1935 studio blooper reel. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer. |
Audience: | Not rated. |
Production Credits: | Photography, Sol Polito ; editor, Jack Killifer ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein. |
ISBN: | 1419825909 9781419825903 |