[does a slightly better Cagneyimitation] You dirty rat! Cagney plays such a hot-tempered, unreasonable lout that even this actor's charm and magnetism don't transform him, and you're not really rooting for the two of them to end up together. Kagny & The Dirty Rats (Artist) Format: Vinyl. |-- General Discussion . For some inexplicable reason, maybe its his animal magnetism, Sue falls for the cad of a cabbie. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. While the story does start out with a taxi war, Gramercy vs. Consolidated Cabs, it shifts gears during its second half where the theme switches from "fare game" to "revenge is sweet." The police (mistakenly) think Horst is a traitor and to get him to confess use "enhanced interrogation techniques" - by making him listen to American rock 'n' roll. Ow! She is every bit as spunky in her effort to stop the vicious rivalry that took the life of her father. Music to the ears! Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. Your email address will not be published. "You dirty rat. But really it was Jimmy's lingo that created the stereotype of gangster film talk. The movie takes us through the streets and into the ballrooms and apartments of depression era New York. This site uses cookies. McGuirk's impression of James Cagney includes saying "dirty rat". It also causes him to slap Young around and evidently is an excuse to use this picture to hone Cagney's tough-guy image as he defeats the Taxi Union. Tarzan!" Directed by Roy Del Ruth, several of the gunfight sequences in the film used live machine-gun bullets. Aside from an almost non-existent track record to investigate and punish members of Congress, the members of the House of Representatives have an established reputation for being vindictive, vengeful and violent towards any and all accusers. You Dirty Rat, You Killed Your Integrity . Loretta Young, very early in her career, plays the girl he marries who tries every which way to break him out of his quick-temper habit. |-- Political Videos 1st German: Ike. Listen, rest right here while we deal with these guys. Well, his actual words in Taxi! Play it!" He was my main reason for seeing 'Taxi' in the first place, as well as my love for classic film, which has been present for many years, and that it was recommended to me by many fans of Cagney. 1932 - YouTube Cagney, "You dirty rat!" 1932 Lotsacats9 2.08K subscribers Subscribe Share Save 948K views 11 years ago James Cagney never actually said "You dirty rat," but a line. This film received its earliest documented television presentations in Tucson Saturday 30 March 1957 on KGUN (Channel 9)'s Best of Hollywood, in Phoenix Wednesday 10 April 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12)'s Early Bird Movie, and by Indianapolis Wednesday 8 May 1957 on WISH (Channel 8)'s Late Show. I dont know what Mike Defensors play is but it is the sort of move that would solicit suspicion, judgment and ultimately end up as a losing propositionon his part. They use intimidation and force when they feel it is necessary which tends to be sooner rather than later. Like some other films based on unsuccessful plays - Casablanca, The Lion in Winter - Sinner's Holiday was a success although it was only about an hour long. Kim says North Korea must meet grain production goals 'without fail', North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged government officials to make sure the country meets its grain production goals "without fail", state media said Thursday,amid reports Pyongyang's food shortage is wor, With Greater China (Macau, Hong Kong and the Mainland), Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines represented in the EASL Champions Week now on its second day of hostilities here, the eight referees assigned by FIBAr, Beermen, Tropang Giga Japan-bound for EASL stint. As a corporate interest attempts to eliminate all independent cabbies in the city, Cagney recruits a gang to stand up to them - violently. it's important for Saddam's trial to be conducted fairly . By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. During a train robbery that goes wrong, Cody shoots an investigator. Taxi! Through the decades,members of the HOR have bullied, threatened and vilified guests, witnesses as well as victims during investigations in aid of legislation. But it might as well have been. There is another scene, though, where he gets out of his taxi and goes to another driver. Consolidated's already killed old Pop Riley (Kibbee) and left his daughter (Young) vulnerable, that is, until Cagney steps in. No, we're not talking about him playing George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Captain Morton in Mister Roberts (although it is a good movie), Rhinelander Waldo in Ragtime, or even Bottom in Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. Not only that, hell tell his countrymen to never book any airline, hotel or service Last Friday as its beaches and surrounding waters turned black, with dead fish washing ashore, the town of Pola in Oriental Mindoro declared a state of calamity. He better be because he's trying to survive New York's cut-throat taxi competition. If she can stand it, I can. The two are brought together after Sue's dad, Pop Riley (Guy Kibbee), has his cab deliberately smashed by a truck driver due to a war between the independent cab drivers such as Pop and Consolidated Cab. If you give me some context, I can help you better , ASIN 42nd Street (1933): Misquote: "You're going out a chorus girl, but you're coming back a star!" Actual movie quote: "You're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back . To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. In 2005, I was petitioned by my parent as a married child (category F-3), which was eventually approved in 2010. It has reached a point that many government employees compare a House hearing to being a rape victim and being raped again in court proceedings. Let us also not forget the fact that time and again members of Congress have abused their power of the purse by taking away funds from government agencies they are displeased with or challenged by, thus the phrase One Peso Budget.. 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. The movie-within-a-movie, 'Her Hour of Love', with, The is the source of Cagney's famous "dirty rat" quote. The viewer will wonder why she stays with him throughout the film, but as a 30's movie it probably passed for normal to audiences of the time. 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. | Goofs In fact, a couple of other government agencies have been under pressure by high ranking officials, both elected and selected, to fast track biddings, favor certain developers or prioritize certain projects to the point that officials in these agencies spend most of their time placating higher ups and dealing with favored parties. where Cagney delivered the line "You dirty rat, I'm going to get rid of you just like you gave it to my brother" often misquoted as "You dirty rat, you killed my brother". Electric is a Word You could use to Describe the Screen Presence of James Cagney. Forum Categories I liked it, but my viewing experienced was influenced by how our culture has finally learned, during the seventy years since this movie was made, to challenge, not accept, physical and verbal abuse between men and women. You all right, ma'am? Connections If its not that then its a fat man in an elevator or most obvious of all Buck Gerrard the big oaf who had a part in the shady tactics that landed Sues father in jail. Of course you know that Cagney is the good Irish son of New York City leading the independents against the strong arm tactics of David Landau. Mr. Grant came close to it in "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939) with lines such as "Oh Judy" and "Yes, Judy". You killed my brother!" (This was never uttered in any film of James Cagney.) This is the movie where Cagney yells at his brother's killer "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!" This would later be misquoted as "You dirty rat, you killed my brother!" : Yes, there have been members of Congress past and present who have been charged, judged guilty, sentenced and imprisoned for serious crimessuch as murder or rape,but in these times thieveryingovernment seems almost normal or expected frompoliticians,except when the party involved flaunts his or her wealth and excess. His life is all but over. Taxi! But in one film Jimmy did sneer, point his finger at some fink, and spit out, "Man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream.". You can play it for me. Jimmy's distinct delivery - in its own way as unique as that of fellow gangster star Edgar G. Robinson - today can come off as nothing more than stereotypical film mobese. June 22, 2014. from Reservoir Dogs (1992) Having known Mike Defensor for sometime, I know he can bewilyand probably sees an opportune time for spotlight and sound byte. User Ratings He's not a gangster this time around but a guy on the side of the law, his law in fact, coping with hostility from others which cause his temper to constantly reach its boiling point. Members: But it was also hard to place geographically -- a great thing for geographically ambiguous talkies! Mr. White (played by Harvey Keitel): Loretta Young is Sue Riley, the daughter of a driver who gets killed in the working class warfare, who Cagney falls in love with. here to send us a message. There's a scene where the East German police interrogate the young communist idealist (played by Horst Buchholz) who surreptitiously married Scarlett, the daughter of Jimmy's boss from Atlanta. Create. Thousands of Films, TV movies and series on Blu-ray and DVD direct from the studio. James Francis Cagney was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, to Carolyn (Nelson) and James Francis Cagney, Sr., who was a bartender and amateur boxer. is an earlier instance of James Cagney playing a character who calls somebody a "dirty rat". If you've ever seen a James Cagney movie, or hell, any talkie that came out pre-Ben Hur, you've probably wondered, "Why the hell did people talk like that?" do you have the rat? This of course is not the classic sitcom Taxi (Tankyouveddymuch) or the Jimmy Fallon turkey-burger of 2004 but an early Warner Bros crime-romance-action-drama, the kind of sprawling but contained movie that packs a ton into a short period. It's the same with lots of films and books. Cagney is a hack driver and Loretta Young is his girl friend who becomes his wife. What Cagney says is, "The dirty rat kills Danny and you help him get away with it!" The film is the source of the "you dirty rat" legend however, as a few scenes later, as Cagney exclaims to the killer, "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat or I'll give it to ya through the door!" It's the big fish, like Consolidated Cab Co., trying to eat smaller ones, like Cagney's Matt Nolan, while the Depression era jungle festers outside. In the wake of this outrage, Cagney begins a call-to-arms for his fellow colleagues to fight back and fight fire with fire as it were. Spectacular. The Buck Gerard character was holed up at 34 E.15th St. Cagney went to Stuyvesant High School, which was then located at 345 E.15th St. No, not James Cagney, but a meat market that some may find revolting. |-- Archives See all 3 formats and editions. Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again. (TV Episode 1966), Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story (TV Movie 2000), "Home Movies" Temporary Blindness (TV Episode 2004), Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (TV Special 2011). Taxi! Sadly it is old news and many of us have just about given up on seeing justice meted out against the guilty. He does say "You. Rat" for certain. Jimmy and Loretta do get to dance together a bit, and some good character actors are hanging on the sidelines, notably David Landau as the evil rival who triggered the whole conflict, and ends up paying for it. He never actually said that. and one of my favourites is Taxi starring James Cagney. Some think he is actually saying "Your dirty rat!". |-- General Discussion: Presidency The courtship is so rushed as to be incomprehensible--one scene he's chewing her out for failing to back him on his organizing efforts, next scene they're making goo-goo eyes at each other. Feed The topics in Internet Marketing that you should be reading right now New Threads with the newest replies Top Threads voted . The third part of this film starts at the "Cotton Pickers Club" where we see, if briefly, an interesting floor show/dance number followed soon after by the stabbing death of Nolan's brother after Nolan has a confrontation with a man from Consolidated who was behind the attempted takeover of Pop Riley's taxi corner. One of their victims is a veteran cabbie (Guy Kibbee) who isn't about to take this lying down and he guns down one of the perpetrators of injustice. Although his famous line "You Dirty Rat" was misquoted in a later scene, within the first five minutes, when Cagney's Taxi is wedged between two rival cabs, he gets out and mumbles words that sound very much like, "You dirty rat." Hot New. My Forums, Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com This is a crime movie with lots of fun and a great slice of New York City life but most of all, I liked the match-up of the two stars, who are at their best. I think Defensor is also experienced enough to know that the timing of President Dutertes mention of graft in the DPWH involving contractors followed by Belgicas slightly pointed swing at some unnamed congressmen indicates that both President Duterte and Belgica are reading the same reportor sharing the same playbook. But he never mentions his brother. If you're sensitive to that, you may want to skip this one. Hell never return to the Philippines, said the Thai tourist whose cash was filched by Manila airport security personnel. Still for many modern movie aficionados, the acting style of Jimmy and his fellow thespians in his early movies comes off a bit heavy and overdone. His life is all but over. That famous line You Dirty Rat has long been attributed to the war hero and Hollywood legend James Cagney, but it seems that it was not exactly what Cagney said. The black gown Evalyn Knapp wears in the movie-within-a-movie is also worn by her during her final scene in "Smart Money" (1931). Your email address will not be published. The plot line is a bit fractured, zipping from cab wars, to romance, to murder, and all that jazz. He has a volatile temper which spills over at the slightest provocation and gets him into trouble. Giving Mike Defensor the benefit of the doubt, the challenge to Belgica to name names is absurd, given certain realities. For Dark Souls II on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "You dirty rat, you killed my brother." - Page 2. This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. I steal from everything. TAXI takes the James Cagney persona to extremes in the context of showing him as a tough guy with a fist in love with a girl (Loretta Young) who abhors violence. $4821. Sophisticated drawing room comedies and rich folk were replaced by "Waiting for Lefty," "Golden Boy," "Awake and Sing" and the like. After all everyone knows Humphrey Bogart never said, "Play it again, Sam", none of the Tarzan actors ever said "Me Tarzan, you Jane", and in none of the fifty-six original short stories and four novels, did Sherlock Holmes ever say "Elementary, my dear Watson". What you got there? The early 1930's in New York City is the scene for this movie where men fight one another for advantage in the taxi business. But who knows? I love Cagney and I love old Warner Brothers films, but this one is pure corn, "I wouldn't go for that dame if she was the last woman on Earth and I just got out of the Navy.