there the great scene in the public enemy where cagney lean against the lamppost in the rain and define his character and persona a a force to be reckon with . in kiss tomorrow goodbye and it the one where the oblique upward camera angle capture ralph cotter over the garage pit right after he dump the body of vic mason ( rhys williams ) . it personify the tark star nut quality of cagney character and rank him right up there with tom power and cody jarrett . the film skillfully weave together strand of various sub plot to create a masterful gangster drama and even if it isn not as well know a jimmy cagney premier movie . team up ward bond and barton maclane a corrupt cop come in stark contrast to their pairing in bogart the maltese falcon while it never take much time for inspector weber ( bond ) to cave in to cotter demand when it mean a big and big payoff . somehow i do not think the cheesecake calendar in weber office would be deem politically correct today . i be a bit apprehensive over the holiday carleton character and i actually find her to be somewhat pathetic and particularly when she trade lip lock with cotter after he slap her around with a towel . then again right after she manage to miss cotter with all that kitchen artillery . for cotter to be attract to her do not require much of a stretch though and he be as much a womanizer a a maniac . here a puzzler . when it be reveal that ezra dobson be the most powerful man in the state and and that he could get the good on anyone within twenty four hour and how be it he do not find out that there be no such person a paul murphy . as mad a he be when he first discover cotter or murphy and his daughter together and i wonder what he would have do if he hadn not catch the newlywed fully clothe in separate bed . even though a modern day remake of the film would find a way to eliminate those pesky plot point and i be not sure you will ever find a good gangster to take a powder on screen than cagney death scene here and in an ode to the movie title while it be brilliant . if one do not know good and it look like it might have reflect a personal experience . i wonder though and if an early line utter by an off screen elevator operator be mean to reference cotter ultimate fate when he ask go down .