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It wasn't enough to have the de rigeur mention of James Cagney grapefruiting Mae Clark.
In fact, beneath Cagney's amoral public image there seems to have been a Norman Rockwell struggling to get out.
8 White Sheet --A self-taught nightrider (James Cagney) seeks increased stature by literally dancing on the shoulders of his Jewish landlady (Judy Garland).
Other actors had played scum, but only Cagney played scum with an awesome dignity, like a predator in a nature documentary.
I tried to think of a modern actor who is as natural as Cagney, and to my surprise the name that made the most sense was John Travolta.