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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney

Name: A Tribute to James Cagney
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1974-03-18
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: James Cagney, Frank Sinatra, Mae Clarke

Original title: A Tribute to James Cagney

Episode aired Mar 18, 1974
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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James Cagney in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (1974)

Documentary

Actor James Cagney receives the Second Annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Award as co-workers pay tribute and clips from his films are shown.Actor James Cagney receives the Second Annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Award as co-workers pay tribute and clips from his films are shown.Actor James Cagney receives the Second Annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Award as co-workers pay tribute and clips from his films are shown.

Director
- Bill Foster
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

250

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Director
- Bill Foster
Stars

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Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins total

Trivia
George Stevens Jr. mentions that the AFI has preserved all of James Cagney's 65 films.

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!'

Connections
Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (1981)

Soundtracks
The Band Played On
(uncredited)
Music by Chas. B. Ward (1895)
Heard during clip from The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Where Was Virginia Mayo?

I would have given this a ten if Virginia Mayo had been there that night. Miss Mayo was a very significant part of James Cagney's career. She starred in two films opposite Mr. Cagney: "White Heat" and "The West Point Story." The good news, however, is that Doris Day was present, but it would have been incredible if she had sung "live" instead of opting for that film clip from "Love Me or Leave Me" ("You Made Me Love You").

Cagney was in heaven here. It was so interesting to watch him watch himself on the screen. I purchased this tape directly from the American Film Institute, which has a website on the Net.