- HD 1080
- Runtime: 97m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: William K. Howard
- Stars: James Cagney, Grace George, Marjorie Main, Marjorie Lord, Hattie McDaniel
- keywords: preserved film
- Production_studio: William Cagney Productions
- Slogan: A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress
- The Johnny Come Lately is featured in the top rankings of 1943
- #32 in Top Drama Movies of 1943
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
