It is set against the backdrop of the then relatively new sport of motor-racing with Cagney playing Joe Greer, a small town fella that hit the big time as a racecar driver. The Crowd Roars is a 1932 film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee and Frank McHugh and directed by Howard Hawks. The crowd roars in delight as he futilely tries to escape the law. The politics of The Crowd Roars is strange. The Crowd Roars is a James Cagney vehicle from 1932 and directed by Howard Hawks. With Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan. The Crowd Roars (1932) Posted on September 16, 2008 by Judy. Much of the country was unemployed in 1932, due to the Depression. I was very keen to see this pre-code movie, after reading glowing accounts of it in a couple of books, but it proved difficult to track down. The Crowd Roars, DVD, Full Frame, Manufactured on Demand, Mono Sound, Drama-Classics, 883316636596 NOW PLAYING: News Handcuffed Florida spring breaker gets massive roar from crowd while fleeing police Because Richard Thorpe was already working on Three Loves Has Nancy (1938), Victor Fleming stepped in to film retakes in July; the film was released theatrically a few weeks later, in early August. UP NEXT. The Crowd Roars could have been great drama -- real and compelling. https://www.amazon.com/Crowd-Roars-James-Cagney/dp/B00936A06Q The hero loses his racing job towards the end of The Crowd Roars. He is shown in frightening scenes of looking for work, and trying to get enough to eat. The Crowd Roars for Federer, and Djokovic Tunes Out the Noise Novak Djokovic on the clubhouse balcony after his five-set win against Roger Federer in … The Crowd Roars (1932) The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) Love is a Racket (1932) Crooner (1932) Stranger in Town (1932) Three on a Match (1932) College Coach (1933) The Way to Love (1933) Massacre (1934) Heat Lightning (1934) Midnight Alibi (1934) Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) Housewife (1934) Side Streets (1934) Murder in the Clouds (1934) The Crowd Roars was produced in April and May of 1938. A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living. Directed by Richard Thorpe.