Evengyny
Thanks for the memories!
Stometer
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
marktayloruk
I doubt if there's any jail on earth where the grasses operate openly. It's a pity that we didn't know what Stacey was in four-murder,at a guess? In reply to another poster-the reason why bastards like Pete Kassock didn't get what was coming to them was that, in this state, the penalty for that or escaping was life in the hole-handcuffed to the bars for eight hours a day,living on bread and water. Nobody should be treated like that! I hope Ross followed his release by exposing prison conditions and getting things improved. Yes,I was on the cons' side in the riot.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . George Raft did not know "how to quit" James Cagney, either, in EACH DAWN I DIE. From their first exchange of shirts to their last stolen embrace, Raft's "Stacey" and Cagney's "Frank" are caught in the throes of a tie before its time. Their hot passion sees Frank sniveling like a babe in diapers during a forced separation, which is ended when Stacey ignores his 199-year sentence to take a cab BACK to Rocky Point Penitentiary when Frank's powerful pull on him overcomes his own sense of self-preservation. In today's happier times this odd couple might have tied the knot at their county courthouse. But in the 1930s, theirs was a love that could not be named. Therefore, actress Jane Bryan was cast to portray Frank's "beard," Joyce, and one of the not-so-tough-guy pair must bite the dust before this story can end, with a literal "till death do us part." As in last year's IMITATION GAME, the best acting performances always are turned in by gay men acting straight when the world is not quite AC\DC. So two thumbs up for Cagney and Raft in EACH DAWN I DIE!!
berfedd
The Plot: Wrongfully imprisoned reporter James Cagney and mobster George Raft strike up an unlikely friendship while in jail, and find themselves dependent on each other to win their respective freedoms, both practically and psychologically.I was initially reluctant to watch this, mainly because of the thought of Raft's droning voice. However, decided it to give it a look.Raft certainly plays to type, but is young and relatively animated here, and comes over as a sympathetic character (although not one you'd invite to a dinner party). The plot very much depends on the conflict between his priorities as a mobster and the relationship he strikes up with Cagney's integrity-beset reporter. Raft was known for hobnobbing with mobsters in real life, and is even alleged to have prevented a 'hit' on Cagney when the mob had taken a dislike to him because of his union activities, so there are curious parallels on-screen with their off-screen lives.Cagney is simply excellent. A scene where he suddenly breaks down in front of a parole board is very moving, as are his restrained facial expressions when he is forced to stand back while terrible things are happening around him during a prison riot.The plot keeps one guessing. One kind of knows that the good guy will win, but not how, or where Raft's surprisingly complicated character will fit in to this. It is also a nicely put-together movie, from screenplay to shot composition to final editing.
gavin6942
Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross (James Cagney) is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets hardened by prison life and his optimism turns into bitterness. He meets fellow-inmate Stacey (George Raft) and they decide to help each other.Rather than be the good guy ("G Men") or the bad guy ("Public Enemy"), here we have Cagney as an innocent newspaper reporter framed and then sent to prison, where he becomes a little bit hardened. Maybe not quite a bad guy, but not really the good guy, either. It is a nice transformation, and an interesting commentary on prison life.I am not very familiar with George Raft (I actually know him more from reading Mafia history than from film), but if he is like he is here in other films, I need to see more George Raft.
