Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his black-clad and viciously villainous nemesis.

The film is often remembered for Cagney's character rubbing the thumb and forefinger of his hand together and exulting, "Feel that air!

President Cleveland signs a law allowing sale of the Cherokee Strip in the Oklahoma Territory.

When it is, John Kincaid and his son Ned arrive and confront McCord, who demands saloon and gambling concessions in exchange for the site they illegally claimed.

Hoping to bring about law and order, Judge Hardwick and Ned campaign to elect John Kincaid as mayor.

And as if to reinforce Jim's status as the family's anarchic "black sheep," his father remains true to his belief in the principles of law and order.

Afterwards, Jane Hardwick, a close family friend, asks the Kid to stay, but he declares his intention to leave his unhappy memories of Oklahoma behind and head for the Arizona Territory.