However, its effect on the larger gangster genre was less than other films of the Golden Age. Just a few years after the success of 'G' Men, James Cagney dedicated himself to furthering the ...
From the incomparable George Raft's role as Spats Colombo in Some Like It Hot to James Cagney in his breakthrough role in The Public Enemy, these are the ten best gangsters in classic movies.
Showing their success on film seemed a natural substitute for the gangster movie. G-Men, the first film about the FBI, came out in 1935. It starred James Cagney as Special Agent Brick Davis.