Jimmy the Gent
1934 · Movie · NR · 67 min · ★ 6.4 · 63% critics
A rough-edged fortune hunter makes a living locating heirs to unclaimed estates, using questionable methods for a big cut. To win back a former sweetheart now working for a polished rival, he tries to trade streetwise bluster for manners, ethics, and a more respectable image.
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Details
- Years
- 1934
- Release date
- 1934-03-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (30 votes)
About
You’ll enjoy this if you like brisk 1930s comedies with schemers, romance, and class-clash banter; Not for you if loud personalities or flimsy plotting wear you down.
Pros: fast comic pace; sharp verbal sparring; lively star chemistry | Cons: thin emotional depth; hectic crowded plot; uneven comic appeal
Themes
- competition
- pre-code
- assumed identity
- racketeer
- sham marriage
- unethical business
- chiseler
Cast & crew
James Cagney
as Jimmy Corrigan
Bette Davis
as Joan Martin
Allen Jenkins
as Lou
Alan Dinehart
as Charles Wallingham
Alice White
as Mabel
Arthur Hohl
as Joe Rector
Phillip Reed
as Ronny Gatson
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Fake Worthingham
Mayo Methot
as Gladys Farrell
Renee Whitney
as Bessie
Directed by Michael Curtiz