Angels With Dirty Faces

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029870/]

The Gist:
Remember when I said Hollywood's gangster films would get better? Now granted, I wrote that like two seconds ago, but that's besides the point. A mere seven years after Public Enemy we have Angels With Dirty Faces made under the Hays Code and showing significant improvements on the pre-code gangster films. Instead of violence as pure sensationalism, we have the added element of moral weight which lends the story energy and poignancy. Also, yes I am on a James Cagney kick. He's pretty cool.