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1* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/JamesCagney and Creator/RaoulWalsh each considered this film the favorite of their own films.
2* DawsonCasting: James Cagney was in his forties playing someone who's supposed to be in his thirties (though in this case, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact most of the movie is told in flashback).
3* PlayingAgainstType: Raoul Walsh, better known for making gangster films like ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' and ''Film/HighSierra'', switches over to a romantic comedy here.
4* PlayingWithCharacterType: James Cagney plays a character who gets into fights and gets thrown into jail, only this time, it's in a romantic comedy, he loses all of the fights, and he gets thrown into jail for a white-collar crime (where he's TheScapegoat).
5* StarMakingRole: For Creator/RitaHayworth.
6* UnderageCasting: Alan Hale, who plays Cagney's father, was only seven years older than Cagney in real life.

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