AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney
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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney

Year:
Duration:
USA:75 min
Genres:
Documentary
IMDB rate:
5.3
Director:
Bill Foster
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1974-03-18
Cast
Actor
Character
James Cagney
Himself / honoree
Frank Sinatra
Himself - Host
Mae Clarke
Herself
Doris Day
Herself
Kirk Douglas
Himself
Frank Gorshin
Himself
Charlton Heston
Himself
Bob Hope
Himself
Jack Lemmon
Himself
Shirley MacLaine
Herself
Ronald Reagan
Himself (also archive footage) (as Governor Reagan)
George C. Scott
Himself
George Segal
Himself
Cicely Tyson
Herself
George Bancroft
Actor 'Each Dawn I Die' (archive footage)
Jane Bryan
Actress 'Each Dawn I Die' (archive footage)
Donald Cook
Actor 'Public Enemy' (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Actress 'Bride Came C.O.D.' (archive footage)
Olivia de Havilland
Actress 'Strawberry Blonde' (archive footage)
Rosemary DeCamp
Actress 'Yankee Doodle Dady' (archive footage)
Gladys George
Actress 'The Roaring Twenties' (archive sound)
Walter Huston
Actor 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
Beryl Mercer
Actress 'Public Enemy' (archive footage)
Cameron Mitchell
Actor 'Love Me or Leave Me' (archive footage)
Edmond O'Brien
Actor 'White Heat' (archive footage)
Pat O'Brien
Actor 'Angels with Dirty Faces' (archive footage)
Barbara Payton
Actress 'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye' (archive sound)
George Reed
Actor 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
Jim Thorpe
Actor 'White Heat' (archive footage)
Margaret Wycherly
Actress 'White Heat' (archive footage)
Ralph Bellamy
Himself (table bow) (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
Herself (table bow) (uncredited)
Tom Bradley
Himself (uncredited)
Frances Cagney
Herself (table bow) (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood
Himself (uncredited)
Mick Jagger
Himself (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
Himself (table bow) (uncredited)
Danny Kaye
Himself (uncredited)
Gene Kelly
Himself (uncredited)
John Lennon
Himself (uncredited)
A.C. Lyles
Himself (table bow) (uncredited)
Ali MacGraw
Herself (uncredited)
Frank McHugh
Himself (table boe) (uncredited)
Steve McQueen
Himself (uncredited)
Paul Newman
Himself (uncredited)
Carroll O'Connor
Himself (uncredited)
May Pang
Herself (uncredited)
George Raft
Himself (table bow) (uncredited)
Nancy Reagan
Herself (uncredited)
George Stevens Jr.
Himself - speaker (uncredited)
John Wayne
Himself (uncredited)
Joanne Woodward
Herself (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Although longtime Cagney friend and co-star Pat O'Brien did not attend, his wife did.
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When recognizing Mae Clarke from podium, Cagney recalls that originally the script had called for an omelet, not a grapefruit, in the face.
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George Stevens Jr. mentions that the AFI has preserved all of Cagney's 65 films.
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Quotes
James Cagney: [Jokingly to Frank Sinatra] Oh, Frank, just in passing... I never said, 'You Dirty Rat." What I did say was 'Judy, Judy, Judy!'
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Himself - Host: [Aping Cagney] Ma's dead... you dirty rat!
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