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James Cagney - 100 Years of Movie Posters - 34

Updated on February 17, 2014

A Chronology of James Cagney Movie Posters 1931-1981.

James Francis Cagney (1899-1986) was born in New York City, New York.

He was Oscar nominated Best Actor 3 times, winning for his role as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).

James Cagney appeared in 64 movies, this hub showcases poster art from 29 of those films.

The Public Enemy (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)


The Public Enemy (1931) Directed by William A. Wellman. 83mins.

James Cagney - Tom Powers
Jean Harlow - Gwen Allen
Edward Woods - Matt Doyle
Joan Blondell - Mamie
Donald Cook - Mike Powers
Leslie Fenton - Nails Nathan
Beryl Mercer - Ma Powers
Mae Clarke - Kitty

IMDB rating 7.8

Picture Snatcher (1933)
Picture Snatcher (1933)



Picture Snatcher (1933) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 77mins.

James Cagney - Danny Kean
Ralph Bellamy - J.R. 'Al' McLean
Patricia Ellis - Patricia Nolan
Alice White - Allison
Ralf Harolde - Jerry the Mug
Robert Emmett O'Connor - Casey Nolan

IMDB rating 7.0

Footlight Parade (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)

Footlight Parade (1933) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 104mins.

James Cagney - Chester Kent
Joan Blondell - Nan Prescott
Ruby Keeler - Bea Thorn
Dick Powell - Scott Blair
Frank McHugh - Francis
Ruth Donnelly - Harriet Bowers Gould
Guy Kibbee - Silas Gould
Hugh Herbert - Charlie Bowers

IMDB rating 7.6

Lady Killer (1933)
Lady Killer (1933)



Lady Killer (1933) Directed by Roy Del Ruth. 76mins.

James Cagney - Dan Quigley
Mae Clarke - Myra Gale
Margaret Lindsay - Lois Underwood
Leslie Fenton - Duke
Douglass Dumbrille - Spade Maddock
Russell Hopton - Smiley

IMDB rating 7.0

Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)




Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 85mins.

James Cagney - Thomas Jefferson O'Toole
Pat O'Brien - Lt. William R. Brannigan
Margaret Lindsay - Betty Roberts
Frank McHugh - Crash Kelly
John Arledge - 'Mac' MacIntosh
Helen Lowell - Ma Roberts
Ward Bond - Jimmy

IMDB rating 6.0

'G' Men (1935)
'G' Men (1935)



'G' Men (1935) Directed by William Keighley. 85mins.

James Cagney - 'Brick' Davis
Margaret Lindsay - Kay McCord
Ann Dvorak - Jean Morgan
Robert Armstrong - Jeff McCord
Barton MacLane - Collins
Lloyd Nolan - Hugh Farrell
William Harrigan - 'Mac' McKay

IMDB rating 7.2

Ceiling Zero (1936)
Ceiling Zero (1936)



Ceiling Zero (1936) Directed by Howard Hawks. 95mins.

James Cagney - Dizzy Davis
Pat O'Brien - Jake L. Lee
June Travis - Tommy Thomas
Stuart Erwin - Texas Clarke
Barton MacLane - Al Stone
Henry Wadsworth - Tay Lawson
Martha Tibbetts - Mary Miller Lee
Isabel Jewell - Lou Clarke

IMDB rating 6.9

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)



Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) Directed by Michael Curtiz. 97mins.

James Cagney - Rocky Sullivan
Pat O'Brien - Jerry Connolly
Humphrey Bogart - James Frazier
Ann Sheridan - Laury Ferguson
George Bancroft - Mac Keefer
Billy Halop - Soapy

IMDB rating 7.9

The Oklahoma Kid (1938)
The Oklahoma Kid (1938)

The Oklahoma Kid (1939) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 85mins.

James Cagney - Jim Kincaid
Humphrey Bogart - Whip McCord
Rosemary Lane - Jane Hardwick
Donald Crisp - Judge Hardwick
Harvey Stephens - Ned Kincaid
Hugh Sothern - John Kincaid
Charles Middleton - Alec Martin
Ward Bond - Wes Handley

IMDB rating 6.3

Each Dawn I Die (1939) French poster
Each Dawn I Die (1939) French poster
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)


Each Dawn I Die (1939) Directed by William Keighley. 92mins.

James Cagney - Frank Ross
George Raft - 'Hood' Stacey
Jane Bryan - Joyce
George Bancroft - John Armstrong
Max Rosenbloom - Fargo Red
Stanley Ridges - Meuller
Alan Baxter - Carlisle
Victor Jory - Grayce

IMDB rating 7.2

The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)


The Roaring Twenties (1939) Directed by Raoul Walsh. 106mins.

James Cagney - Eddie Bartlett
Priscilla Lane - Jean Sherman
Humphrey Bogart - George Hally
Gladys George - Panama Smith
Jeffrey Lynn - Lloyd Hart
Frank McHugh - Danny Green
Paul Kelly - Nick Brown

IMDB rating 7.8

The Fighting 69th (1940)
The Fighting 69th (1940)



The Fighting 69th (1940) Directed by William Keighley. 90mins.

James Cagney - Pvt. Jerry Plunkett
Pat O'Brien - Father Francis Patrick Duffy
George Brent - Maj. Wild Bill Donovan
Jeffrey Lynn - Sgt. Joyce Kilmer
Alan Hale - Sgt. 'Big Mike' Wynn
Frank McHugh - Crepe Hanger Burke
Dennis Morgan - Lt. Oliver Ames
Dick Foran - Lt. 'Long John' Wynn

IMDB rating 6.6

City for Conquest (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)



City for Conquest (1940) Directed by Anatole Litvak. 104mins.

James Cagney - Danny Kenny
Ann Sheridan - Peggy Nash
Frank Craven - Old Timer / Narrator
Donald Crisp - Scotty MacPherson
Frank McHugh - 'Mutt'
Arthur Kennedy - Eddie Kenny
George Tobias - 'Pinky'
Elia Kazan - 'Googi' Sabatini
Anthony Quinn - Murray Burns

IMDB rating 7.3

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)



The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) Directed by William Keighley. 92mins.

James Cagney - Steve Collins
Bette Davis - Joan Winfield
Stuart Erwin - Tommy Keenan
Eugene Pallette - Lucius K. Winfield
Jack Carson - Allen Brice
George Tobias - Peewee Defoe
Harry Davenport - Pop Tolliver

IMDB rating 7.0

Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Captains of the Clouds (1942) Directed by Michael Curtiz. 114mins

James Cagney - Brian MacLean
Dennis Morgan - Johnny Dutton
Brenda Marshall - Emily Foster
Alan Hale - 'Tiny' Murphy
George Tobias - Blimp Lebec
Reginald Gardiner - Scrounger Harris
Reginald Denny - Commanding Officer

IMDB rating 6.4

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)



Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Directed by Michael Curtiz. 126mins.

James Cagney - George M. Cohan
Joan Leslie - Mary
Walter Huston - Jerry Cohan
Richard Whorf - Sam Harris
Irene Manning - Fay Templeton
George Tobias - Dietz
Rosemary DeCamp - Nellie Cohan
Jeanne Cagney - Josie Cohan

IMDB rating 7.7

Blood on the Sun (1945)
Blood on the Sun (1945)



Blood on the Sun (1945) Directed by Frank Lloyd. 98mins.

James Cagney - Nick Condon
Sylvia Sidney - Iris Hilliard
Porter Hall - Arthur Bickett
John Emery - Premier Giichi Tanaka
Robert Armstrong - Col. Hideki Tojo
Wallace Ford - Ollie Miller
Rosemary DeCamp - Edith Miller

IMDB rating 6.3

13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)



13 Rue Madeleine (1947) Directed by Henry Hathaway. 95mins.

James Cagney - Robert Emmett Sharkey
Annabella - Suzanne de Beaumont
Richard Conte - Bill O'Connell
Frank Latimore - Jeff Lassiter
Walter Abel - Charles Gibson
Melville Cooper - Pappy Simpson
Sam Jaffe - Mayor Galimard

IMDB rating 6.9

White Heat (1949) Italian poster
White Heat (1949) Italian poster
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)


White Heat (1949) Directed by Raoul Walsh. 114mins.

James Cagney ... Cody Jarrett
Virginia Mayo ... Verna Jarrett
Edmond O'Brien ... Hank Fallon / Vic Pardo
Margaret Wycherly ... Ma Jarrett
Steve Cochran ... Big Ed Somers
John Archer ... Philip Evans
Wally Cassell ... Cotton Valletti
Fred Clark ... Trader Winston

IMDB rating 8.2

The West Point Story (1950) Belgian poster
The West Point Story (1950) Belgian poster



The West Point Story (1950) Directed by Roy Del Ruth. 107mins.

James Cagney - Elwin 'Bix' Bixby
Virginia Mayo - Eve Dillon
Doris Day - Jan Wilson
Gordon MacRae - Tom Fletcher
Gene Nelson - Hal Courtland
Alan Hale Jr. - Bull Gilbert

IMDB rating 6.0

What Price Glory (1952)
What Price Glory (1952)



What Price Glory (1952) Directed by John Ford. 111mins.

James Cagney - Capt. Flagg
Corinne Calvet - Charmaine
Dan Dailey - 1st Sgt. Quirt
William Demarest - Cpl. Kiper
Craig Hill - Lt. Aldrich
Robert Wagner - Pvt. Lewisohn

IMDB rating 6.3

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Belgian poster
Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Belgian poster

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Directed by Charles Vidor. 122mins.

Doris Day - Ruth Etting
James Cagney - Martin Snyder
Cameron Mitchell - Johnny Alderman
Robert Keith - Bernard V. Loomis
Tom Tully - Frobisher
Harry Bellaver - Georgie

IMDB rating 7.1

Mister Roberts (1955)
Mister Roberts (1955)

Mister Roberts (1955) Directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy. 123mins.

Henry Fonda - Doug Roberts
James Cagney - Capt. Morton
William Powell - Doc
Jack Lemmon - Ens. Frank Pulver
Betsy Palmer - Lt. Ann Girard
Ward Bond - Dowdy
Nick Adams - Reber
Perry Lopez - Rodrigues
Harry Carey Jr. - Stefanowski

IMDB rating 7.8

Run for Cover (1955) French poster
Run for Cover (1955) French poster

Run for Cover (1955) Directed by Nicholas Ray. 93mins.

James Cagney - Matt Dow
Viveca Lindfors - Helga Swenson
John Derek - Davey Bishop
Jean Hersholt - Mr. Swenson
Grant Withers - Gentry
Jack Lambert - Larsen
Ernest Borgnine - Morgan

IMDB rating 6.6

Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) Belgian poster
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) Belgian poster



Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) Directed by Robert Wise. 95mins.

James Cagney - Jeremy Rodock
Don Dubbins - Steve Miller
Stephen McNally - McNulty
Irene Papas - Jocasta Constantine
Vic Morrow - Lars Peterson
Onslow Stevens - Hearn
Royal Dano - Abe
Lee Van Cleef - Fat Jones

IMDB rating 6.6

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) Directed by Joseph Pevney. 122mins.

James Cagney - Lon Chaney
Dorothy Malone - Cleva Chaney
Jane Greer - Hazel Chaney
Marjorie Rambeau - Gert
Jim Backus - Clarence Locan
Robert Evans - Irving Thalberg
Celia Lovsky - Mrs. Chaney
Jeanne Cagney - Carrie Chaney
Jack Albertson - Dr. J. Wilson Shields

IMDB rating 7.1

The Gallant Hours (1960)
The Gallant Hours (1960)



The Gallant Hours (1960) Directed by Robert Montgomery. 115mins.

James Cagney - Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr.
Dennis Weaver - Lt. Cmdr. Andy Lowe
Ward Costello - Capt. Harry Black
Vaughn Taylor - Cmdr. Mike Pulaski
Richard Jaeckel - Lt. Cmdr. Roy Webb
Les Tremayne - Capt. Frank Enright

IMDB rating 7.0

One Two Three (1961) Spanish poster
One Two Three (1961) Spanish poster


One, Two, Three (1961) Directed by Billy Wilder. 115mins.

James Cagney - C.R. MacNamara
Horst Buchholz - Otto Ludwig Piffl
Pamela Tiffin - Scarlett Hazeltine
Arlene Francis - Phyllis MacNamara
Howard St. John - Wendell P. Hazeltine
Hanns Lothar - Schlemmer
Leon Askin - Peripetchikoff

IMDB rating 7.9

Ragtime (1981)
Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime (1981) Directed by Milos Forman. 155mins.

James Cagney - New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad Dourif - Younger Brother
Moses Gunn - Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovern - Evelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillan - Willie Conklin
Pat O'Brien - Delphin
Donald O'Connor - Evelyn's Dance Instructor
James Olson - Father
Mandy Patinkin - Tateh
Howard E. Rollins Jr. - Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Mary Steenburgen - Mother
Debbie Allen - Sarah
Norman Mailer - Stanford White
Jeff Daniels - P.C. O'Donnell
Samuel L. Jackson - Gang Member No. 2

IMDB rating 7.2

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) Japanese poster
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) Japanese poster
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