In my noir thriller, my dream movie would have Humphrey Bogart in the lead (Cagney is Bogie's not available), Ava Gardner as the femme fatale that wants to kill/fuck the lead, Spencer Tracy as the brutish antagonist (though Lee J Cobb would work too), and Veronica Lake as the good girl who teams up with Bogie to help clear his name. It'd be directed by Howard Hawks, with dialogue by Billy Wilder.