Taxi "Theatre" who is serving time for

who is serving time for sticking his hand into Johnny Torno's trucking company's till

who sparkle in a special song-and-dance routine to "Oh By Jingo

In his nightclothes

she's adopted by a cantor (Thomas)

scat-singin' wit of The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish

Taxi "Theatre" who is serving time for"Come out and take it, you dirty yellow bellied rat.." Independent cabbie Matt Nolan is primed to let his fists and handgun deliver payback after a big taxi firm uses intimidation and violence to squeeze out small timers. James Cagney plays Nolan, a role suited to his pugnacious, post The Public Enemy persona. Ramming rival cabs that have hemmed him into a too tight parking spot, slugging the hoofer (George Raft) who bested him in a dance contest,