James Cagney Could Beat You Senseless...and Dance

My favorite fight scene of his (and, in parts, his judo-trained stuntman) -



My favorite musical number - pay attention as he descends the staircase. I love that:




[A note on the scene from Yankee Doodle Dandy - Cagney is playing an older George Cohan on the eve of world war two. The young soldier doesn't recognize him as the author of the famous anthem that they are singing.]