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Word: rippin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wrangler is a nobody on a horse . . . with bad teeth, broken bones, a double hernia and lice." The self-description sits James Cagney, the bad man of the title, like Cagney sits a horse. The actor is now 52, but what a hoss-bustin', man-killin', skirt-rippin', jug-totin' buckaroo he can still believably pretend to be. He runs horses on his range, hangs rustlers from his trees, and keeps the home fires burning with a plenty hot number (Irene Papas) who smokes wicked little black cigars between the acts. "I want you feisty!" Cagney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

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