Approved | 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Musical | 11 February 1959 | Color, WS
Director: Charles Lederer
Stars: James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Roger Smith, Cara Williams, Nehemiah Persoff.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053109/
Watched online, ok print.
5 songs in the Soundtracks, some missing performers.
After a while, it had been so long since we had a song, I had to look whether this was really tagged music/al. The songs are ok, and mostly involve the story. SJ has a performing gig doing a commercial, so that one is a straight performance.
JC sings a couple of times, but doesn't really dance. He's well-cast as the gangster-ish new union boss. The various schemes certainly paint dock unions in a poor light.
This is ok, not more.
Universal, dir. Lederer; 6
