This movie would merit a ten were it only for Victor Jory's depiction of an affable, sincere, ingenuous soul. But it haply has the merit of having been released just prior to the sanctimonious moral codes having been foisted on us. Cagney is ebullient and bursting from every scene with the passion, vigor and elan that made him justly renowned. The beauty of Joan Blondell is only enhanced by her realistic depiction of a good-hearted woman who has necessarily made her way in the Depression by bestowing sexual favors. It is refreshing truth .