6.6
Help! I'm a Fish
2000
“A Cagney you have never seen!”
Something to Sing About (1937)
September 30, 19371h 33mEN
6.1
19 votes
Overview
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
Director
Victor SchertzingerWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Free
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$900K
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Grand National PicturesZion Meyers ProductionsGrand National
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0There aren’t many actors who can go from menacing gangster to top-hatted crooner, but James Cagney was one of them, and he does it quite amiably in this comedy. With the unwieldy name of “Thaddeus McGillicuddy”, he is a band-leader in New York who is offered a contract in Hollywood but after a bit of stunt fisticuffs goes quite spectacularly wrong, he throws in that towel and heads off on a vacation with his fiancée “Rita” (Evelyn Daw). Unbeknownst to him, though, the cameras were running all through his lively studio-trashing exhibition, the film was released and now he’s a star! Reunited wit…
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