Yankee Doodle Dandy

Name: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Genre: Drama
Released: 1942-01-01
Duration: 120 min
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, George Tobias

2h 5m|Musical|1942

Brought to the White House to receive a Congressional Gold Medal from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Broadway legend George M. Cohan (James Cagney) reflects on his life. Flashbacks trace Cohan's rise, from a childhood performing in his family's vaudeville act to his early days as a struggling Tin Pan Alley songwriter to his overwhelming success as an actor, writer, director and producer known for patriotic songs like Yankee Doodle Dandy, You're a Grand Old Flag and Over There.

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Cast:

James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Irene Manning, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, S.Z. Sakall, George Barbier, Walter Catlett

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