History Film / LadyKiller

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''Lady Killer'' is a 1933 [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] crime drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth.

Dan Quigley (Creator/JamesCagney) is James Cagney in a 1930s movie--namely, a rambunctious tough guy. He falls in with a gang of {{con artist}}s led by a fellow named Duke (Leslie Fenton). Dan's criminal talents soon make him leader of the gang. Together they start a nightclub which provides cover for their main business of robbing rich folks. Meanwhile, Dan falls in love with the only female member of the gang, Myra (Creator/MaeClarke).

''Lady Killer'' is a 1933 crime drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth.

The joys of robbing the 1% turn sour when one of Dan's fellow thieves kills a servant during the course of a robbery. Dan and the gang light out for California, but when Dan is arrested at the train station, Duke persuades Myra to ditch Dan and run away with Duke and the bankroll. Dan is left broke and alone in Los Angeles, until he gets a job...as a film extra. He then proceeds to become a movie star, which lands him a new girlfriend, lovely actress Lois Underwood (Margaret Lindsay). Things are going quite well for Dan until Duke, Myra, and the gang show back up, wanting their cut.

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* DarkChick: Myra, the one woman in the gang, whose good looks are clearly part of the modus operandi. One scheme has Myra strategically dropping her purse, so unsuspecting marks will return the purse to her and get roped into a crooked card game.

* ShoutOut: When reading over the brochure for Los Angeles and the many wonders of the citrus industry in southern California, Myra gets a worried look when she read "grapefruit". This is a gag related to the already iconic scene in ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' where James Cagney shoves a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face.

Dan Quigley (Creator/JamesCagney) is James Cagney in a 1930s movie--namely, a rambunctious tough guy. After getting fired from a job as a movie theater he falls in with a gang of {{con artist}}s led by a fellow named Duke (Leslie Fenton). Dan's criminal talents soon make him leader of the gang. Together they start a nightclub which provides cover for their main business of robbing rich folks. Meanwhile, Dan falls in love with the only female member of the gang, Myra (Creator/MaeClarke).

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: How to make a Hollywood birthday party really wacky? Let loose a bunch of monkeys to cause havoc.

* ShoutOut: When reading over the brochure for Los Angeles and the many wonders of the citrus industry in southern California, Myra gets a worried look when she read "grapefruit". This is a gag related to the already iconic scene in ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' where James Cagney shoves a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face.

* TheRoper: Myra's role in the gang, luring susceptible dudes into her apartment and into Duke's rigged poker games.

* HoneyPot: Myra's role in the gang, luring susceptible dudes into her apartment and into Duke's rigged poker games.

Dan Quigley (Creator/JamesCagney) is James Cagney in a 1930s movie--namely, a rambunctious tough guy. After getting fired from a job as a movie theater he falls in with a gang of con artists led by a fellow named Duke. Dan's criminal talents soon make him leader of the gang. Together they start a nightclub which provides cover for their main business of robbing rich folks. Meanwhile, Dan falls in love with the only female member of the gang, Myra (Creator/MaeClarke).

''Lady Killer'' is a 1933 film directed by Roy Del Ruth.

Dan Quigley (Creator/JamesCagney) is James Cagney in a 1930s movie--namely, a rambunctious tough guy. After getting fired from a job as a movie theater he falls in with a gang of con artists led by a fellow named Duke. Dan's criminal talents soon make him leader of the gang. Together they start a nightclub which provides cover for their main business of robbing rich folks. Meanwhile, Dan falls in love with the only female member of the gang, Myra (Mae Clarke).

The joys of robbing the 1% turn sour when one of Dan's fellow thieves kills a servant during the course of a robbery. Dan and the gang light out for California, but when Dan is arrested at the train station, Duke persuades Myra to ditch Dan and run away with Duke and the bankroll. Dan is left broke and alone in Los Angeles, until he gets a job...as a film extra. He then proceeds to become a movie star, which lands him a new girlfriend, lovely actress Lois Underwood (Margaret Lindsay). Thingsn are going quite well for Dan until Duke, Myra, and the gang show back up, wanting their cut.

Dan Quigley (Creator/JamesCagney) is James Cagney in a 1930s movie--namely, a rambunctious tough guy. After getting fired from a job as a movie theater he falls in with a gang of con artists led by a fellow named Duke. Dan's criminal talents soon make him leader of the gang. Together they start a nightclub which provides cover for their main business of robbing rich folks. Meanwhile, Dan falls in love with the only female member of the gang, Myra (Mae Clarke).

The joys of robbing the 1% turn sour when one of Dan's fellow thieves kills a servant during the course of a robbery. Dan and the gang light out for California, but when Dan is arrested at the train station, Duke persuades Myra to ditch Dan and run away with Duke and the bankroll. Dan is left broke and alone in Los Angeles, until he gets a job...as a film extra. He then proceeds to become a movie star, which lands him a new girlfriend, lovely actress Lois Underwood (Margaret Lindsay). Thingsn are going quite well for Dan until Duke, Myra, and the gang show back up, wanting their cut.

* {{Blackmail}}: Duke and the gang demand $10,000 from Dan the movie star to get out of town. He pays, but they don't leave.
* {{Brownface}}: InUniverse. Dan gets spray-painted and wears a black wig to play a Native American in a movie.
* ByTheHair: Dan reacts to Myrna showing up in his penthouse and trying to worm herself back into his life by grabbing her by the hair caveman-style and dragging her out. (Note that Clarke and Cagney do the old show-business trick in which she's actually holding onto his wrists.)
* ContrivedCoincidence: Duke and Myra, who fled New York separately, both decide to run to Los Angeles independently. Once there they run into each other at random.
* DarkChick: Myra, the one woman in the gang, whose good looks are clearly part of the modus operandi. One scheme has Myra strategically dropping her purse, so unsuspecting marks will return the purse to her and get roped into a crooked card game.
* EnforcedMethodActing: InUniverse. For a scene in which Dan's character is supposed to put off Lois's character with his bad breath, the director insists that Dan actually eat a bunch of garlic. Since Dan and Lois have had a spat, he eats his garlic with great gusto, and she is crying tears after he kisses her.

* FunnyForeigner: The uptight film director, who tells his actors stuff like "Give me the feeling!" with a thick European accent. (This may or may not be a goof on Warner Brothers' top director Creator/MichaelCurtiz.)

* {{Irony}}: Dan and Myra elect to go to Los Angeles after seeing a brochure advertising it as the "land of eternal sunshine." Their train arrives in the station during a torrential rainstorm.

* ShoutOut: When reading over the brochure for Los Angeles and the many wonders of the citrus industry in southern California, Myra gets a worried look when she read "grapefruit". This is a gag related to the already iconic scene in ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' where James Cagney shoves a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face.