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📊 Film Specifications

Director William K. Howard

Writer Louis Bromfield (Novel), John Van Druten (Screenplay)

Release Date September 3, 1943

Runtime 97 min (1h 37m)

Country United States of America

Language EN

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios William Cagney Productions

Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Name: Johnny Come Lately
Genre: Drama
Released: 1943-09-03
Rating: 3.5

Directed by William K. Howard

• Written by Louis Bromfield , John Van Druten

"A Story of a Wanderer Who Stops His Travels Long Enough to Help A Kindly Old Woman in Distress"

⭐ 3.5 / 5 (21 votes) ⏱️ 97 min 🎬 Drama

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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

Live Multi-Source

– / 5

MATCHCUT Members

– / 10

IMDb Audience

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TOMATOMETER Critics

– / 100

METASCORE Top Critics

7.0 / 10

TMDB (21)

Ratings Breakdown:

21 TMDB votes

0.5 Stars 'Community distribution populates with member logs' 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.