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Should we be sad that James Cagney is slipping from memory, or was it inevitable that his star would fade?
Perhaps the most shocking fact revealed in Cagney is the actor's lifelong secret desire to leave Hollywood and go into agriculture.
Or compare Cagney with fellow macho icon John Wayne: The punk gangster's stock has fallen, while the silent cowboy's keeps on rising.
What Americans do recall about Cagney they're likely to have picked up from imitators (including, of all people, Sammy Davis Jr.), who loved to mimic his nasal, rapid-fire delivery, and to re-enact that moment at the end of his films when he gets plugged with what seems like 300 bullets and reels theatrically for 12 minutes before dropping dead.
Watch Cagney while someone else is speaking and you'll see a darting eye, a quivering eyebrow, a split-second grin.