Man, I was completely taken in by the guy who played the McSwatt role. I always assumed all these years that it was James Cagney, in fact I even tried to look it up in all his IMDb-listed roles and couldn't quite understand why it wasn't there.
It's only today I learn it wasn't Jimmy after all, but his brother William. Talk about look-alikes!
Looks/sounds a lot like him. The reviewer on here also noticed the similarity between the mannerisms of early Durante and Woody Allen - interesting... and also pointed out the censoring that would have happened to this film just a bit later when censoring started - I was surprised at the boob shots and wouldn't have guess that it came out before the board started as I'm not up on film history of the 30s...
shareI thought Jimmy Cagney looked a little off in this movie. Too tall and lean or something. Plus he didn't seem to have his usual intensity. Then I see on IMDb that it wasn't him after all but his brother. They may look alike, but they don't play alike on film.
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