Johnny Come Lately

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Johnny Come Lately

Directed by	William K. Howard
Produced by	William Cagney Productions
Written by	John Van Druten (Screenplay) Louis Bromfield (Novel)
Starring	James Cagney Grace George Edward McNamara
Music by	Leigh Harline
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	George M. Arthur
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	1943 (1943)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million (US rentals)^[1] or $2.4 million^[2]

Johnny Come Lately is a 1943 film starring James Cagney, Grace George and Edward McNamara. It was the first film produced by Cagney Productions in March 1943.

Plot

In 1906, Tom Richards (James Cagney), a drifter, arrives in Plattsville and befriends newspaper proprietor Vinnie McLeod (Grace George), who is battling the corruption of the town's leading citizen Bill Dougherty (Edward McNamara). He takes over as managing editor of the Plattsville "Shield and Banner" and, despite initial resistance from the oppressed citizens, finally drives Dougherty out of town.

Cast

James Cagney as Tom Richards
Grace George as Vinnie McLeod
Marjorie Main as Gashouse Mary
Marjorie Lord as Jane
Hattie McDaniel as Aida
Edward McNamara as Bill Dougherty
Bill Henry as Pete Dougherty
Robert Barrat as Bill Swain

References

↑ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
↑ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p217

Review by Herbert Whittker in The Montreal Gazette Nov 26 1943. Google News https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zHYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4498,4305968&dq=johnny+come+lately+film&hl=en
Review by Peggy Simmonds, The Miami News December 9, 1943. Google News https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zHYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4498,4305968&dq=johnny+come+lately+film&hl=en
The Montreal Gazette October 8, 1943. Google News https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CXctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4878,1249350&dq=johnny+come+lately+film&hl=en
the National Board of Review magazine, Volumes 18-20, page 24

External links

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Johnny Come Lately at the American Film Institute Catalog
Johnny Come Lately at the TCM Movie Database
Johnny Come Lately at the Internet Movie Database
Johnny Come Lately at AllMovie

Films directed by William K. Howard

The Border Legion (1924)
The Thundering Herd (1925)
Code of the West (1925)
The Light of Western Stars (1925)
Volcano! (1926)
Gigolo (1926)
White Gold (1927)
A Ship Comes In (1928)
The River Pirate (1928)
The Valiant (1929)
Good Intentions (1930)
'Scotland Yard (1930)
Christina (1929)
Transatlantic (1931)
Surrender (1931)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
The First Year (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
This Side of Heaven (1934)
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
Evelyn Prentice (1934)
Rendezvous (1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Fire Over England (1937)
The Squeaker (1937)
Over the Moon (1939)
Back Door to Heaven (1939)
Money and the Woman (1940)
Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
A Guy Could Change (1946)

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