However, the same director""s remakeTo Be or Not to Be (1983)was a financial failure, often in bad taste and overacted in part, but moderately well-reviewed.His last film with Warner Bros.was seven years earlier -Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).This was Cagney""s first gangster film role in ten years - his previous role was inThe Roaring Twenties (1939)with the same director - Raoul Walsh.After presenting court testimony against Sean Miller, Ryan passed by Miller as he angrily threatened: "Bloody proud of yourself, aren""t you? You stuck your nose in where it didn""t belong, and now you""ve killed my baby brother.Numerous other times, Hollywood has capitalized on other Steinbeck works and adapted them for the screen:Of Mice and Men (1939),Tortilla Flat (1942),The Moon is Down (1943),The Pearl (1948),The Red Pony (1949),East of Eden (1955), andCannery Row (1982).Lt.Simonson:Big score, my ass.At best, he""s sellin"" nickel and dime bags.They plead with Lt.Simonson to support them:Russo: We got the information here""s no s--t on the street, right? It""s like a god-damn desert full of junkies out there.