The "G" Men (1935)

The "G" Men (1935)

 

This is a slightly atypical gangster movie for the time. Cagney, then known for playing a gangster, in this movie plays an F.B.I. agent. He starts out associated with the wrong side of the law, then switches over. Hoover was actually involved in this movie, overseeing it for accuracy. 

That said, it's pretty boring in parts. It started out great and the dialogue and acting was good the whole way through, but the middle dragged. Honestly, and this is a fault of mine, I got tired of trying to differentiate the various 30s women with their identical hats and their relationships to the main characters.

The movie is sometimes cited as the first procedural, but overall there isn't a ton of action - it's not too exciting most of the way through. It was my first Cagney movie, however, and he was great. The final shootout at night was very well done. 

**½ out of ****