stylish and starmaking and still effective crime meller by the under appreciated bill wellman and in which jam cagney give a riveting and stunningly brilliant and rightly careermaking perf while one which seal his fame and secure his rep and and in some way haunt him for much of his early career . splendid setpieces hilite this chronicle of a gangster rise and fall while perhaps best know be the ol grapefruit to the face trick jim pull on mae clarke and but my favorite be when they deliver the body to mama and on a slab . whomp . you get ta love it . this be a great film twice over . first and on it own merit while second and on it lasting appeal and impact . not many 70 year old movie hold up so well a this one .