Picture Snatcher (1933)

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A former gangster tries to make a new life as a tabloid photographer. He uses his old underworld connections to get dangerous crime scene photos.

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What happens

Picture Snatcher is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney as a reformed gangster who pursues his dream to be a photojournalist. The film is based on a semiautobiographical story written by Daniel Ahern, a former underworld figure who had also been a tabloid photographer. The story is also the basis of the 1942 film Escape from Crime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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