---
title: 'A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Walsh'
released: '1953-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-lion-is-in-the-streets-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046002/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

1953 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

A Lion Is in the Streets is a 1953 American political thriller drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, whose brother William was the producer and his younger sister Jeanne was a member of the cast. The screenplay is based on a 1945 book by Adria Locke Langley. The film has similarities to the 1949 film All the King's Men, with Cagney playing a Southern politician loosely based on Huey Long.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raoul Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-walsh)
- **Screenplay:** [Luther Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/luther-davis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [William Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-cagney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)

## Cast

- [Emmett Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-lynn)
- [Frank McHugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mchugh)
- [Onslow Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/onslow-stevens)
- [James Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-griffith)
- [Roland Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-winters)
- [Larry Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-keating)
- [Warner Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-anderson)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)
- [Frank O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-o-connor)
- [Sam McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mcdaniel)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney)
- [Jeanne Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-cagney)
- [Anne Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-francis)
- [Ellen Corby](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-corby)

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