This adaptation of William Saroyan's award-winning play stars James Cagney as Joe, a gentle barfly who spends his days observing the patrons of Nick's bar. Among the colorful characters he encounters are an imaginative old cowboy and a tap dancing comic who can't seem to get a laugh. Jeanne Cagney, James's sister, plays Kitty Duval, a woman with a complicated past, sharing some of the film's most emotionally resonant scenes with her brother. Cast: - James Cagney as Joseph T. (an observant and kind-hearted patron) - William Bendix as Nick (the horse-loving saloon owner) - Wayne Morris as Tom (Joe's loyal friend and companion) - Jeanne Cagney as Kitty Duval (stage name of Katerina Koronovsky) - Broderick Crawford as Krupp (a bewildered cop) - Ward Bond as McCarthy (a talkative regular) - James Barton as Kit Carson (also known as Murphy, a cowboy) - Paul Draper as Harry (the tap dancing comedian) - Gale Page as Mary L. (a woman of quality) - Jimmy Lydon as Dudley Raoul Bostwick (a young man in love, billed as James Lydon) - Richard Erdman as Willie (the pinball machine enthusiast) - Tom Powers as Freddie Blick (a stool pigeon and frame-up artist) - Pedro de Cordoba as the Arab philosopher - Reginald Beane as Wesley (the pianist) - John 'Skins' Miller as Drunk - Natalie Schafer as Bar Patron Runtime: 100 minutes.