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In fact, beneath Cagney's amoral public image there seems to have been a Norman Rockwell struggling to get out.
Watch Cagney while someone else is speaking and you'll see a darting eye, a quivering eyebrow, a split-second grin.
Cagney's corniness never really worked on-screen--the "goodies" were drowned out by windy speeches--but when he turned it upside down in White Heat , his great 1949 comeback to the gangster genre, he was unmatched as a ruthless pervert.
McCabe leaves the impression that Cagney never got over this rejection of his sentimental side.
You could admire Robinson's and Cagney's toughness, their ability to get their way.