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Picture Snatcher is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lloyd Bacon released in USA on 6 may 1933 with James Cagney
Picture Snatcher (1933)
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Add to a movie listPicture Snatcher is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film starring James Cagney as a gangster who decides to quit to pursue his dream.
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After getting out of prison, Danny Kean (James Cagney) shocks the gang he leads by quitting. He wants his first stint in jail to be his last, and he has always dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter. He hands leadership over to Jerry "the Mug" (Ralf Harolde), even though he suspects Jerry sold him out.Actors
James Cagney
(Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean)
Ralph Bellamy
(J.R. 'Al' McLean)
Patricia Ellis
(Patricia Mary 'Pat' Nolan)
Sterling Holloway
(Journalism Student (uncredited))
Alice White
(Allison)
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