cagney you dirty rat you killed my brother
After years as a James Cagney fan, I finally saw Taxi on TCM. 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, The first man on the moon was Soma, and he got there by Yorick jumping. The cabbie in question is James Cagney, resident tough guy of Warners, still in the driver's seat after his triumph in THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931). But yes, sometimes - as Yogi Berra might have put it - Jimmy didn't really say all the things he said. Giving Mike Defensor the benefit of the doubt, the challenge to Belgica to name names is absurd, given certain realities. Next, comes a Peabody contest at the nightclub, featuring an appearance by George Raft, where the fiery Cagney tries to wail on his real-life friend. It's Cagney at his most energetic. I forget just who wrote that movie. You're the guy that killed my brother!" Alas, like so many other - quote - "famous lines" - unquote - this most famous of famous lines was never delivered. However, while it's wonderful to see him dance a couple times (and to see George Raft dance as well), it's less than wonderful to see his character's pugnaciousness extending to threatening to hit his girlfriend (Loretta Young) several times. Through the decades,members of the HOR have bullied, threatened and vilified guests, witnesses as well as victims during investigations in aid of legislation. In the opening gag, we see James Cagney using his Yiddish to placate a customer who cant seem to get any help from a policeman. The crucial event in this film is a rash of strong-armed maneuvers pulled by a taxi conglomerate in New York City looking to shoulder their way into the industry through scare tactics and willful sabotage of their competitors. Well, except when people incorrectly quote Jimmy Cagney and say, "You dirty rat, you killed my brother." (1931) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TaxiA keystone in James Cagney's rise to stardom, Taxi stars the gritty actor as a hardened New York City cab driver. The film includes a famous, and often misquoted, line with Cagney speaking to his brother's killer through a locked closet: "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!" Time and again we have heard of corruption, brown bags full of cash being distributed, farm to pocket roads. Recently there was even the big brouhaha over the stimulus package for tourism stakeholders that was allegedly being rerouted for use on roads under the DPWH. [The Americans instantly get tenseand raise their weapons at the Germans] No . Taxi is also the first film in which Cagney danced and where he spoke his famous line, \"You dirty rat!\"Directed By Roy Del RuthStarring James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. StoneSubscribe to watch more Warner Archive videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/warnerarchive?sub_confirmation=1FOLLOW WARNER ARCHIVE ON SOCIALFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/warnerarchiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/warnerarchiveTwitter: https://twitter.com/warnerarchiveABOUT WARNER ARCHIVEWarner Archive Collection is a branch of Warner Bros home entertainment that releases classic films and TV that were previously unreleased. But as electric as Cagney is, one of the best to ever light up the screen theres no doubt about that Im not sure if I can forgive him slapping around someone as loving and as innocent as Loretta Young.