Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Written by Louis Bromfield, John Van Druten

Directed by William K. Howard

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1943

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

James Cagney stars in this Oscar-winning smalltown drama as an ex-reporter turned drifter who arrives in a town where corruption is rife. Jailed for vagrancy, on release, he meets up with Grace George, editor of the local paper and one of the few honest citizens in town.

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Cast

	James Cagney		Tom Richards
	Grace George		Vinnie McLeod
	Marjorie Main		Mary McGovern
	Marjorie Lord		Jane
	Hattie McDaniel		Aida
	Edward McNamara		W.M. Dougherty
	William Henry		Pete Dougherty
	Robert Barrat		Bill Swain
	George Cleveland		Willie Ferguson
	Margaret Hamilton		Myrtle Ferguson
	Norman Willis		Dudley Hirsh
	Lucien Littlefield		Blaker
	Edwin Stanley		Winterbottom
	Irving Bacon		Chief of Police
	Tom Dugan		First Cop