Yankee Doodle Dandy Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 2076

Average Rating: 2.9/4

# of Ratings: 78

Theatrical Release Date: 06/06/1942

Language: English

Genre: Musical, Biography

MPAA Rating: PG

Director: Michael Curtiz

Actors: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Walter Huston

Plot: A biography portraying the life of George Cohan as it follows him through his beginning singing and acting career to further down the line when he writes and dances in his own plays.

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Rating of
3/4

Unknown - wrote on 07/01/2012

A variety of good songs and performances. Cagney is very entertaining, in his sly comic dialogue and his talent for singing and dancing.

Rating of
3/4

mitchellyoung - wrote on 08/24/2011

James Cagney completely breaks type in this bold and interesting portrayal of a vaudevillian actor-turned composer. The film itself has a good number of energetic and interesting song and dance numbers, but the biographical story itself is also fascinating and well-done.

Rating of
4/4

Ikkinbot - wrote on 10/25/2009

A great musical with James Cagney. Most people don't think of Gagney as a song and dance man, but he is really good.

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Rating of
3.5/4

Great song and dance show

Ichabod Crane - wrote on 04/27/2009

Yankee Doodle Dandy is a fun and thoroughly enjoyable musical biography film. All of the songs are old fashioned but at the same time are very enjoyable in their own way. The story is nothing overly special but interesting enough to get to the various numbers. Cagney is extremely good as George Cohan and does everything the part requires. I only had a few problems with namely it skips some deaths of characters that is a bit fast and a few scenes are perhaps too old fashioned namely the travel scene. Overall though it is a fun overall.

Oscar winner Best Actor James Cagney 5/5- Cagney does everything that is required in this role which has a lot of requirements actually. He sings and he dances very effectively and it is easy to see him as a vaudevillian. He acts just as well both on …

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