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Police say 1969 killing was a jealous prank that went wrong. Cagneys next film was mister roberts, directed by john ford and slated to star spencer tracy. This joint biography, as well as his separate books on each man, has been reprinted. Cagney came from a poor irishamerican new york family but once he found his. John mccabe s participation in the writing of james cagney s autobiography, the many years of friendship that followed, and an intense period of interview and discussion in preparation for a musical comedy based on cagney s lifea show that never saw the light of daymake him cagney s ideal biographer. The film would be utterly boring without cagney s thoughtful performance.
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