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The Crowd Roars is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Howard Hawks starring James Cagney and featuring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee, and Frank McHugh. A film of the same name was made in 1938 with a different story, starring Robert Taylor.
Jan 13, 2023 · Long story short, it’s unlikely that the relationships and action portrayed in The Crowd Roars would have passed the censorship board. Advertisement But pre-Code audiences knew what they...
The Crowd Roars is loosely based on the play The Barker: A Play of Carnival Life by Kenyon Nicholson. Hawks developed the script with Seton Miller for their eighth and final collaboration and the script was by Miller, Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Niven Busch. Blondell and Dvorak initially were cast in each other's roles but swapped after a ...
The Crowd Roars: Directed by Howard Hawks. With James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden. Race car driver becomes overprotective of his brother when he decides to become a racer as well.
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- Action, Drama, Sport
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- 1932-04-16
Aug 12, 2011 · The Crowd Roars is a James Cagney vehicle from 1932 and directed by Howard Hawks. It is set against the backdrop of the then relatively new sport of motor-racing with Cagney playing Joe Greer, a small town fella that hit the big time as a racecar driver.
The Crowd Roars is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Howard Hawks starring James Cagney and featuring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee, and Frank McHugh. A film of the same name was made in 1938 with a different story line, starring Robert Taylor.
Minutes after the starter's flag comes down on this Howard Hawks racing movie, we've already been treated to not one, not two but three hoary cliches of the genre: 1) Guy (Jimmy Cagney) makes a living as a racing driver, but his gal (Ann Dvorak) cares only about him making it home in one piece after each race.
