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Jimmy the Gent is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy - crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis and featuring Allen Jenkins. It was the first pairing of Cagney and Davis, who would reunite for The Bride Came C.O.D. seven years later.
Jimmy the Gent: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins, Alan Dinehart. An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Michael Curtiz
- 1934-03-17
Burke inspired the character Jimmy "The Gent" Conway, one of the main characters of the 1990 film Goodfellas, played by Robert De Niro.
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
Wiseguy con man Jimmy Corrigan (James Cagney) operates an agency that finds the heirs of wealthy persons who have recently met their maker without having drawn up a will -- but if he can't...
- Comedy, Drama
Jimmy the Gent is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis and featuring Allen Jenkins. It was the first pairing of Cagney and Davis, who would reunite for The Bride Came C.O.D. seven years later.