G-Men
US (1935): Crime/Drama
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 (Regis Toomey) 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 "Mack" McKay (William Harrigan), and he's intent on doing so, until Buchanan is gunned down trying to arrest career criminal Danny Leggett (Edward Pawley). Davis soon joins the "G-Men" as they hunt down Leggett (soon-to-be Public Enemy Number One) and his cronies Collins and Durfee (Barton MacLane and Noel Madison), who are engaged in a crime and murder spree from New York to the midwest. (Gary Dickerson, IMDb)
Directed by William Keighley. Screenplay by Seton I. Miller from Darryl F. Zanuck's novel Public Enemy No. 1.
1 write-in nomination
· Writing (Original Story) 1935: Darryl F. Zanuck (as Gregory Rogers, uncredited) NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.