this be good than i have expect . maybe not quite up there with public enemy and the original scarface and but not that far behind . the acting be pretty good for an early talkie . cagney be great as usual a the head gangster top henchman . lew ayres act well a the head guy and the napoleon of crime and although he perhaps a little too cleancut look for the role . the story be good and and rather dark . mobster louie ricarno and after unite all the gang in chicago under one organization and try to quit crime . but thing fall apart in his absence and and he force to return for purpose of revenge . the end be nicely grim and while there might be enough of a crime doesn not pay moral to keep the censor happy it doesn not rub it in your face . there some good gangster violence along the way . a number of well do hit and and an over the top scene that resemble a full scale battle . two other thing strike me a memorable represent the adulterous relationship between cagney and his bos wife . at one point and she take off her wedding ring and and then they go somewhere . the police captain and ogrady and be a rather ruthless character . he blackmail cagney into a false confession for a crime he do not commit and by threaten to tell ayres about his affair with ayres wife . later and he let ayres rival bump him off and rather than prosecute him and risk an acquittal . it also be imply that ogrady rejection of bribe be more the exception than the rule among police official . it pay to watch this movie closely and a there be a lot that be imply and innuendoed .