Picture Snatcher is a 1933 American pre-code comedy-drama film starring James Cagney as a gangster who decides to quit to pursue his dream.

Just then, Al's boss, Grover (Robert Barrat), laments that nobody has gotten a photograph of Hennessy (G. Pat Collins), a fireman who responded to a fire at his own house, found the dead bodies of his wife and her lover, and barricaded himself in the ruins with a gun.

Danny sneaks in, pretends to be an insurance adjuster to lull Hennessy's suspicions, and steals his wedding picture.

When some journalism students take a tour of the Graphic News (an example of everything not to do), Danny is attracted to Pat Nolan (Patricia Ellis).

She goes out on a date with him, much to the annoyance of "sob sister" reporter Allison (Alice White), who makes it quite clear that she wants Danny too, though she is Al's girlfriend.

Casey takes a picture of the woman in the electric chair using a hidden camera strapped to his ankle (echoing the real-life photo taken of murderer Ruth Snyder in 1928).

Al arranges for Danny to hide from the angry police at Allison's apartment, as she will be out of town covering another story.