When the film was released, Snyder reportedly asked how Cagney had so accurately copied his limp, but Cagney himself insisted he had not, having based it on personal observation of other people when they limped: "What I did was very simple.
Kad je film objavljen, Snyder je navodno pitao kako je Cagney tako uvjerljivo kopirao njegovu šepavost, ali sam Cagney je tvrdio da nije, nego da je izvedbu temeljio na osobnim promatranjima drugih ljudi koji su šepali: "Što sam ja radio, bilo je vrlo jednostavno.