James Cagney Tap Dancing in the Movies

A collection of movies featuring James Cagney tap dancing. See also more movies with tap dancing scenes By Title and By Year Released, and By Tap Dancer.

Tap Dances in Movies

Footlight Parade (1933)
VIDEO: James Cagney tap dancing on a bar with Ruby Keeler

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
VIDEO: James Cagney's "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" song and Dance
VIDEO: James Cagney's "Grand Old Flag" song and Dance
VIDEO: James Cagney Tap Dancing Down Stairs to "Yankee Doodle"

The West Point Story (1950)
VIDEO: James Cagney with Virginia Mayo >[?

1930's Films

1930 - 1932
1930 | The Doorway to Hell | Steve Mileaway |
1931 | Blonde Crazy | Bert Harris |
1931 | Smart Money | Jack |
1931 | The Millionaire | Schofield, Insurance Salesman |
1931 | The Public Enemy | Tom Powers |
1931 | Other Men's Women | Ed Eddie Bailey | Originally "The Steel Highway"
1932 | Winner Take All | Jim "Jimmy" Kane |
1932 | The Crowd Roars | Joe Greer |
1932 | Taxi! | Matt Nolan |

1933 - 1934
1933 | Lady Killer | Dan Quigley |
1933 | Footlight Parade | Chester Kent |
1933 | The Mayor of Hell | Richard "Patsy" Gargan |
1933 | Picture Snatcher | Danny Kean |
1933 | Hard to Handle | Myron C. "Lefty" Merrill |
1934 | The St. Louis Kid | Eddie Kennedy |
1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Chester "Chesty" J. O'Conner |
1934 | He Was Her Man | Flicker Hayes, a.k.a. Jerry Allen |
1934 | Jimmy the Gent | "Jimmy" Corrigan |

1935 - 1936
1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nick Bottom |
1935 | The Irish in Us | Danny O'Hara |
1935 | G Men | "Brick" Davis |
1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air | Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole |
1935 | Frisco Kid | Bat Morgan |
1936 | Great Guy | Johnny "Red" Cave |
1936 | Ceiling Zero | Dizzy Davis |

1937 - 1939
1937 | Something to Sing About | Terrence "Terry" Rooney | / Thadeus McGillicuddy
1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | Rocky Sullivan (Oscar nominated)
1938 | Boy Meets Girl | Robert Law |
1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Eddie Bartlett |
1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Frank Ross |
1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Jim Kincaid |

1940's Films

1940 - 1942
1940 | City for Conquest | Danny Kenny (Young Samson) |
1940 | Torrid Zone | Nick "Nicky" Butler |
1940 | The Fighting 69th | Jerry Plunkett |
1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Steve Collins |
1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | T. L. "Biff" Grimes |
1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | George M. Cohan | (Oscar award)
1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Brian MacLean |

1943 - 1949
1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Tom Richards |
1945 | Blood on the Sun | Nick Condon |
1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Robert Emmett "Bob" Sharkey a.k.a. Gabriel Chavat |
1948 | The Time of Your Life | Joseph T. (who observes people) |
1949 | White Heat | Arthur "Cody" Jarrett |

1950's Films

1950 - 1953
1950 | The West Point Story | Elwin "Bix" Bixby |
1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Ralph Cotter |
1951 | Come Fill the Cup | Lew Marsh |
1952 | What Price Glory? | Capt. Flagg |
1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Hank Martin |

1955 - 1959
1955 | Mister Roberts | Capt. Morton |
1955 | The Seven Little Foys | George M. Cohan |
1955 | Love Me or Leave Me | Martin Snyder (Oscar nominated)
1955 | Run for Cover | Matt Dow |
1956 | These Wilder Years | Steve Bradford |
1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man | Jeremy Rodock |
1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Lon Chaney |
1957 | Short Cut to Hell | None | Director only
1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | Jake MacIllaney |
1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Sean Lenihan |

1960's Films

1960 - 1968
1960 | The Gallant Hours | Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey |
1961 | One, Two, Three | C.R. MacNamara |
1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers | Narrator (voice) |

1980's Films

1981 | Ragtime | Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo |

2000's Films

2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Tony

Cagney Song and Dances in Movies

Seven Little Foys (1955)
- "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
- "Mary's a Grand Old Name"

The West Point Story (1950)
- "It's Raining Sundrops"
- "By the Kissing Rock"
- "The Military Polka"
- "B'Klyn"
- It Could Only Happen in Brooklyn"

Time of Your Life (1948)
- "When Irish Eyes are Smiling"
- "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning"

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- "The Yankee Doodle Boy"
- "Give My Regards to Broadway"
- "Over There"
- "You're a Grand Old Flag"
- "Mary's a Grand Old Name"
- "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway"
- "Off the Record"
- "Harrigan"
- "I Was Born in Virginia"

Captains of the Clouds (1942) "Bless 'em All"

City for Conquest (1940)"Lullaby of Broadway"

1939 The Oklahoma Kid (performer: "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1886), "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" (1894) - uncredited)

1938 Angels with Dirty Faces (performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" (1905) - uncredited)

1937 Something to Sing About (performer: "Bridal Chorus", "Any Old Love", "Out of the Blue", "Loving You" - uncredited)

1936 Ceiling Zero (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" - uncredited)

1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream - "Scottish Symphony: Final Movement" - "Kinderstucke (Pieces for Children) no.1:Allegro non troppo", "Lullaby" - uncredited)

1935 Devil Dogs of the Air (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1934) - uncredited)

Footlight Parade (1933)
- Shanghai Lil | Tap Dance | Full Scene |

Taxi (1931) "The Darktown Strutters' Ball"

Blonde Crazy (1931) "Happy Days Are Here Again"

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