James Cagney

Joan Blondell

Louis Calhern

Noel Francis

Ray Milland

Guy Kibbee

Polly Walters

William Burress

Maude Eburne

Nat Pendleton

Wade Boteler

Ray Cooke

Richard Cramer

Bill Elliott

Peter Erkelenz

Dick Gordon

Sherry Hall

Lew Harvey

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Charles Lane

Otto Lederer

Russell Hopton

Carl M. Leviness

Edward Martindel

Frank McLure

Edward Morgan

Edmund Mortimer

Walter Percival

Cliff Saum

Philip Sleeman

Lucille Ward

Ernest Haller

Kubec Glasmon

Ralph Dawson

John Bright

Roy Del Ruth

Sidney Hickox

Darryl F. Zanuck

Hal B. Wallis

Esdras Hartley

Earl Luick

Drama

Crime

Comedy

Romance

Blonde Crazy

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Back in the days before the Code, James Cagney is "Bert", a bit of a rakish bell-hop in the best hotel in a small town where he takes a shine to the would-be chamber-maid "Anne" (Joan Blondell). After some flirting shenanigans and quite a bit of face slapping, the two finally join forces on a scam that nets them each the fairly large sum of $2,500! That is enough to move to a better town, a better hotel, and a better scam - until they align with the unscrupulous "Barker" (Louis Calhern) and they find themselves with the task of getting even... Poor old "Bert" is a bit of a commitment-phobe, and so "Anne" falls for the kindly "Joe" (Ray Milland) but when he "borrows" his company's cash for a dodgy scheme, it falls to "Bert" to try and fix things - and, well things don't quite go to plan. This is a love story, peppered with some feisty performances, some engaging action scenarios and plenty of quick-witted dialogue as the chemistry between the young Cagney and Blondell gradually develops for an eighty minutes that moves along nicely. Milland features sparingly, but Calhern adds quite a bit of value as the suave but duplicitous focus for the pair's revenge. The production isn't perhaps the best - the continuity is ropey, but the story and characterisations are entertaining and the ending would pull at even the most cynical of heart-strings. Good fun!

English

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