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Favorite Performance?

posted 5 years ago by Moviebuff1 (2835)
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For me, it's George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy.

[–] rudeboymurray (3279) 5 years ago

My top ten Cagney roles

1. White Heat
2. Angels With Dirty Faces
3. The Roaring Twenties
4. Love Me or Leave Me
5. Each Dawn I Die
6. One, Two, Three
7. The Strawberry Blonde
8. Footlight Parade
9. City for Conquest
10. The Public Enemy

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 5 years ago

My fave performance comes from White Heat (1949) as the ultra mad Cody Jarrett.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4YiXWPBpo

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

" You dirty rat ! "

[–] IanBrady (1) 4 years ago

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Well if he didn't he should have !

[–] IanBrady (1) 4 years ago

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[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

He never said that! 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0MkIPGKdAk

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

I have only seen Yankee Doodle Dandy, and he was terrific in it.

[–] Pete314 (3045) 3 years ago

One, Two, Three
And I love The Bride Came C.O.D.