nick saloon and restaurant and entertainment palace sure attract some strange and eccentric character and some look for work and others just look for something to help them pass away the day . there something that prove surprisingly charm about this film . it offbeat and doesn not quite seem to fit with the time in which it be make but there just something here that tend to endear this movie to the viewer and especially on repeat viewing and to be honest and i find quite a bit of humor in it too . perhaps it because it eccentric character seem to ring true in more way than one a they often seem like just the unexpected offbeat sort you just might have run into in a place like nick in say time and era . maybe it because offbeat eccentric certainly be not a rarity in today world and it become easy to relate to event here and strange and bewilder a they often be . james cagney steal the show a joe and whose hobby be people and in a role quite atypical for him but really it the collection and interaction feature all involve that grab your interest .