- HD 1080
- Runtime: 88m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Raoul Walsh
- Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire
- keywords: politics, bayou, peddler
- Production_studio: William Cagney Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: THE ROARING STORY OF A GIVE-AND-TAKE GUY! He took plenty from the chiselers...the crooks...and the tin-horns...and gave 'em nothing in return!
- The A Lion Is in the Streets is featured in the top rankings of 1953
- #100 in Top Drama Movies of 1953
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?