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Picture Snatcher is a 1933 American pre-code comedy-drama film starring James Cagney as a gangster who decides to quit to pursue his dream.
Picture Snatcher: Directed by Lloyd Bacon. With James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White. Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him.
- (1.8K)
- Crime, Drama
- Lloyd Bacon
- 1933-05-06
Picture Snatcher (1933) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 16m 1933. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An ex-con brings his crooked ways to a job as a news photographer. Cast & Crew. Read More. Lloyd Bacon. Director. James Cagney. Danny Kean. Ralph Bellamy. McLean. Patricia Ellis
- Lloyd Bacon, William Keighley
- James Cagney
Picture Snatcher is a pre-code film that hit at a time when the gangster genre was beginning to come under scrutiny by William Hayes. This meant that studios had to think outside the box to deliver movies with all the gangster movie trappings, but set in a world outside the realm of outright criminality.
- (778)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Lloyd Bacon
After being released from prison, former gangster Danny Kean (James Cagney) decides to reform, getting a job as a newspaper photographer. He falls for Patricia (Patricia Ellis), but she is the ...
- (21)
- Lloyd Bacon
- Drama
- James Cagney
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