At he dining room table, they are joined by 12 year-old son Scotty (Tony Denman), who excuses himself from the boring, unfulfilling family to go to McDonalds to see his friends.Cagney""s varied career featured him in both tough guy roles, such as Tom Powers inPublic Enemy (1931)and Cody Jarrett inWhite Heat (1949), as well as in song-and-dance roles such as this one - and perhaps his most famous musical role was as real-life Broadway impresario George M.2by the hearth, Laura attends to her embroidery, while brooding, fantasizing and conducting a caring, inner monologue oward her decent-minded husband for the remainder of the film.I wouldn""t hire you if youwasn""ta liar.I pay you a C-and-a-half wherein you, you plant big lies about me and the club all over he map...you are a personal liar too, because you don""t do the work that I pay you for.Pathetically love-struck by Sidney, Sally sympathetically offers to comfort him and moons over him, but he brutally rejects his insignificent aide:Sally: I wish I could help in some way, Sidney.