Such a strange thing to watch Jimmy Cagney being hilarious and acting completely over the top in a film. I'm so used to seeing him as the 'White Heat' type gangster, instead of an almost comedic villain who drinks too much tea, walks like he needs the toilet and throws rocks through his glass door whenever the mood takes him. It shows how much his characterisation of 'James Cagney' has changed throughout his years as an actor.
When Joan Martin decides she can't work for con man Jimmy Corrigan because of how unethical his business is, she goes to work for the opposition, creating a rift that offends Jimmy no end. All he wants to do is find the heirs to wealthy people who have died and left a lot of money (and if he can't find them, well.. he just poses his friend as the 'heir' to the fortune instead) but in doing so he has alienated his one chance at supposed love in Joan. Well Jimmy isn't going to let that stop him, and sets out to become an upstanding member of the community to win her back.. inevitably with a few complications!
Amusing little gem, one scene in particular made me laugh out loud, and Bette Davis was suitably demure and sultry as his love interest. Enjoyable.
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