
Johnny Come Lately
A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
Director William K. Howard
Cast

Irving Bacon
Chief of Police

James Cagney
Tom Richards

Marjorie Lord
Jane

Edward McNamara
W.M. Dougherty

William Henry
Pete Dougherty

George Cleveland
Willie Ferguson

Clarence Muse
Butler

William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Bouncer

Tom Dugan
Cop

John Sheehan
Cop

Victor Kilian
Tramp

Grace George
Vinnie McLeod

Marjorie Main
'Gashouse' Mary

Hattie McDaniel
Aida

John 'Skins' Miller
Tramp

Robert Barrat
Bill Swain

Lucien Littlefield
Blaker

Edwin Stanley
Winterbottom

Arthur Hunnicutt
Tramp

Margaret Hamilton
Myrtle Ferguso

Norman Willis
Dudley Hirsh