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03/09/1948 Comedy, Drama 1h 49m
60
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Overview

Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

  1. William Saroyan

    Writer

  2. H. C. Potter

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Cagney

    Joseph

  2. William Bendix

    Nick

  3. Wayne Morris

    Tom

  4. Jeanne Cagney

    Kitty Duval

  5. Broderick Crawford

    Krupp

  6. Ward Bond

    McCarthy

  7. James Barton

    Kit Carson

  8. Paul Draper

    Harry

  9. Gale Page

    Mary

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
I reckon that for all but maybe the last five minutes of this, James Cagney spends his time - and his money - sitting at a table in William Bendix' "Nick's" bar watching the customers come and go; each with a tale to tell. It is a very gently paced film; Cagney is almost guru-esque as he dispatches his devoted, if a bit simple, pal "Tom" (Wayne Morris) on various seemingly pointless errands as he listens to a variety of short stories from an aspiring tap-tancer (Paul Draper); a cowboy who has maybe had a touch too much desert sun (James Barton) and the shameless gossip (Ward Bond). It does bui...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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