base on a broadway play of the same name and this movie show cagney in an uncharacteristic role a a mysterious patron of a bar on the wrong side of the track . bill bendix be great a the owner or bartender of the place . the dialog be well write and deliver with the skill you expect from great like cagney and bendix . a the story progress you learn more and more about cagney character and but he remain much of a mystery . the sub plot be compel . unusual for a film from 1944 and there be little mention of the war . all in all and a very touching and often funny and interesting film . it keep several people up well past their usual bedtime .