A disappointing entry in an otherwise sterling list of credits, GREAT GUY offers a low-pressure performance from Cagney as an ex-boxer given the public post of chief deputy of the Bureau of Weights and Measures. His honesty soon results in trouble. When Cagney discovers that racketeers
are cheating the public in the food market through such means as weighing down chickens with lead slugs and inserting false bottoms in strawberry baskets, he goes after the chiselers. Racketeers try to bribe him and, when that fails, they beat him up. Meanwhile, his sweetheart, Clarke, tries to
get him to stop risking his neck. Unknown to Clarke, her boss (Kolker) is one of the big s...
Released:
1936
Rated:
NR
Length:
75 mins