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Eddie is at the wheel and good buddy Buck rides shotgun on the St. Louis–Chicago run. But there’s an obstacle in life’s roadway, catching the two truckers in a squeeze between striking farmers and the dairy business.
The labor strife turns violent, a farmer is murdered, and Eddie – who is accused of the crime – scrambles to clear his name as well as rescue his sweetie after she is kidnapped by the killers.
As Eddie, James Cagney is in his fan-pleasing Depression-era element with rat-a-tat dialogue and the heroics of a lickety-split comedy-drama entertainment steeped in the working-class ethos typical of many of the era’s Warner films. Comedy-support-actor Allen Jenkins portrays sidekick Buck. Fans may be surprised how the feisty Cagney persona plunges headfirst – quite literally – into the rough stuff. A bigger surprise: the slap-down our hero gets from costar Patricia Ellis.
Original Release
11/10/1934
US Release
11/10/1934
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Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Eddie Kennedy |
Patricia Ellis | Ann Reid |
Allen Jenkins | Buck / Buck Willetts |
Robert Barrat | Farmer Benson |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Richardson |
Spencer Charters | Messeldopp |
Addison Richards | Mr. Brown |
Dorothy Dare | Gracie Smith |
Arthur Aylesworth | Judge Jeremiah Jones |
Charles C. Wilson | Mr. Harris - the Trucking Company Boss |
Directors
Writers
Warren Duff, Seton I. Miller, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Eddie Kennedy |
Patricia Ellis | Ann Reid |
Allen Jenkins | Buck / Buck Willetts |
Robert Barrat | Farmer Benson |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Richardson |
Spencer Charters | Messeldopp |
Addison Richards | Mr. Brown |
Dorothy Dare | Gracie Smith |
Arthur Aylesworth | Judge Jeremiah Jones |
Charles C. Wilson | Mr. Harris - the Trucking Company Boss |
William B. Davidson | Joe Hunter |
Harry Woods | Louie Munn |
Gertrude Short | Babe Smith - the Girl Buck Picks Up |
Eddie Shubert | Pete - a Truck Driver |
Carmen Gould | |
Nan Grey | First Girl |
Virginia Grey | Second Girl |
Wilfred Lucas | Policeman |
Stanley Mack | Driver |
Martha Merrill | Third Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Samuel Bischoff | Producer |