THE ST LOUIS KID.
James Cagney & Patricia Ellis,
Hobart Cavanaugh, Spencer Charters.
Dir: Ray Enright, 1934, Warner Bros.

SYNOPSIS:
A hot-headed (natch) truck driver takes the side of down-trodden dairy farmers against some corporate big cheeses.

"I was so fed up with walking in and punching people again and again that I had my hands wrapped in bandages.... for the rest of the picture I went around hitting people with my head, all of this in a specific attempt to vary the old formula. I can still hear the reedy voice of St Louis Kid's producer, 'When are you going to take those bandages off and start hitting people?' In his book, I was simply trying to foul up his living."
- Jimmy Cagney.

REVIEWS:
"Modest star action comedy with a fair amount to amuse."
- Leslie Halliwell.
"Jimmy in another slugger role, with results this time not so satisfactory."
- Variety.