Warner Bros. "Tough Guys" DVD box rounds up Cagney, Robinson, Bogie and more



Six disks of tough-talkin', tough-actin' action: This set includes half a dozen of Warner's 1930s gangster flicks, the genre that earned the studio its early success.

The box is out July 18 and is available for pre-order from Amazon now.

No details on extras yet, but here's a look at the included films:

'G' Men
Stars James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong, Barton MacLane
Directors: William Keighley
Theatrical Release Date: May 4, 1935
It's the early days of the F.B.I. - federal agents working for the Department of Justice. Though they've got limited powers - they don't carry weapons and have to get local police approval for arrests - that doesn't stop fresh Law School grad Eddie Buchanan from joining up, and he encourages his former roommate James "Brick" Davis (James Cagney) to do so as well. But Davis wants to be an honest lawyer, not a shyster, despite his ties to mobster boss McKay, and he's intent on doing so, until Buchanan is gunned down trying to arrest career criminal Danny Leggett. Davis soon joins the "G-Men" as they hunt down Leggett (soon-to-be Public Enemy Number One) and his cronies Collins and Durfee, who are engaged in a crime and murder spree from New York to the midwest.

Each Dawn I Die
Stars James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom
Directors: William Keighley
Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 1939
Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets hardened by prison life and his optimism turns into bitterness. He meets fellow-inmate Stacey and they decide to help each other.

City for Conquest
Stars James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh
Directors: Anatole Litvak
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1940
Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan his former girlfriend, Peggy. While Danny is realizing success in the ring, he is blinded by acid on the boxing gloves of his opponent during a fight. When Danny attempts to get even with the gangster who was reponsible for for his blindness he is wounded. His former manager finances a newsstand for the now blind and handicapped Danny who uses his income to pay for his bother Eddie's music education. The movie ends some time later as Peggy meets/recognizes Danny at his newstand and they both listen to Eddie's first symphony on the radio. The movie is based on a novel of the same name.

Bullets or Ballots
Stars Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh
Director: William Keighley
Theatrical Release Date: June 6, 1936
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him down convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Buggs" Fenner thinks Blake is a police agent.

San Quentin
Stars Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Joe Sawyer
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Theatrical Release Date: August 7, 1937
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.

A Slight Case of Murder
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 1938
Remy Marco announces he's going legit with the end of Prohibition. His fortune declines because the beer he makes tastes terrible. His daughter falls in love with a rich man's son who gets a job as a cop.

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