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G Men

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	G Men	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })In the early 1930's, during The Pre-Code Era, there were a number of gangster films that came out, including Little Caesar, The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932), that were popular with audiences, and many of them were made and distributed by Warner Brothers. However, Moral Guardians, as well as American Law Enforcement, disliked these movies because they felt the movies glamorized violence and illicit behavior. So, when The Hays Code era kicked in, American Law Enforcement, especially the FBI, wanted movies that portrayed the law as the good guys, and gangsters as the bad guys. That's where movies like G Men, a 1935 movie from Warner Brothers, directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, came in. It was the first movie of the time to call FBI agents "G men", though it was made with the same style and energy as those earlier gangster movies.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Cagney plays Brick Davis, a lawyer who has been struggling because he refuses to be an Ambulance Chaser. He's visited by Eddie, an old friend of his who's working for the Justice Department, and he asks Brick if he wants to join. Brick refuses at first, but when Eddie is killed trying to bring in a gangster, Brick changes his mind and joins the department as an FBI agent trainee, or "G man". Brick doesn't get along at first with Jeff McCord, his instructor, especially when Jeff finds out Brick is an old friend of Mac, a mob boss who was in league with Collins, one of the gangsters Jeff and his bosses are going after. However, they eventually learn to get along, especially after Brick is able to help track down Collins. Brick also becomes attracted to Jeff's sister Kay, a nurse.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })This film contains examples of:
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