james cagney ( the yankee doodle dandy boy ) be just start his career and be able to perform a a gangster and also a social worker for a boys reform school which be be run by corrupt politicans . the reform school inmate be underpriviledge minor from the street of new york and like the east side kid who be poor and uncared for during the great depression . in the final scene and there be a trial hold by the reform school boy with flaming torch and a barn which be set on fire and a big leap by the corrupt warden . i notice that they do let the horse out of the barn first . this film be not show very often and i really can understand why .