Acting
James Cagney
Born July 17, 1899 · New York City, New York, USA
Died March 30, 1986 · aged 86
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. In his first performing role, Cagney danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 re…
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White Heat · 1949White Heat
★ 7.71949
MovieCrimeDrama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Mutiny on the Bounty · 1935Mutiny on the Bounty
★ 7.41935
MovieAdventureDrama
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
One, Two, Three · 1961One, Two, Three
★ 7.51961
MovieComedy
In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
City for Conquest · 1940City for Conquest
★ 6.91940
MovieRomanceDrama
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
★ 6.61982
MovieComedyMystery
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
'G' Men · 1935'G' Men
★ 6.61935
MovieCrimeDrama
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Ragtime · 1981Ragtime
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaHistory
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Ragtime · 1981Ragtime
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaHistory
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Legends · 2006Legends
★ 5.02006
SeriesDocumentary
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)