Great Guy

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Cast

James Cagney

as Johnny 'Red' Cave

Mae Clarke

as Janet Henry

James Burke

as Patrick James Aloysius 'Pat' Haley

Edward Brophy

as Pete Reilly

Henry Kolker

as Abel Canning

Bernadene Hayes

as Hazel Scott

Edward McNamara

as Captain Pat Hanlon

Robert Gleckler

as Marty Cavanaugh

Joe Sawyer

as Joe Burton

Edward Gargan

as Henchman Al

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A pretty routine B-noir with James Cagney as a fella from the sexily titled "Bureau of Weights & Measures" who decides to take a stand against extortion and corruption. He faces the usual threats, frame-ups as he rales against the rigged institutional infrastructure lead by a dodgy city councillor (...

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