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Angels with Dirty Faces. Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by John Wexley and Warren Duff based on the story by Rowland Brown.
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Angels with Dirty Faces, American gangster film, released in 1938, that is considered a classic of the genre, influencing countless subsequent movies.
The story centres on boyhood friends Rocky Sullivan (played by James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien), who take radically different paths as adults. Rocky becomes a criminal, while Jerry serves as a neighbourhood priest desperately trying to influence young boys to take the “straight-and-narrow” path in life. When Rocky becomes an idol to some of the boys, it puts him in conflict with his old friend.
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•Studio: Warner Brothers
•Director: Michael Curtiz
•Producer: Samuel Bischoff (uncredited)
•Writers: Rowland Brown, John Wexley, and Warren Duff
•Music: Max Steiner
•Running time: 97 minutes
•James Cagney (William [“Rocky”] Sullivan)
•Pat O’Brien (Jerome [Jerry] Connolly)
•Humphrey Bogart (James [Jim] Frazier)
•Ann Sheridan (Laury)
•George Bancroft (Mac Keefer)
•Billy Halop (Soapy)
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In 1938, Warner Bros released “Angels with Dirty Faces,” a film that quickly cemented its place in the classic cinema. Directed by Michael Curtiz, the movie stars James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. This compelling drama explores themes of childhood friendship, crime, and redemption, set against the gritty ...
"Jimmy Cagney is the slum's own; a ten minute egg whose mind is as quick as his trigger finger," wrote the reviewer for the New York Post after the release of Angels With Dirty Faces (1938). Cagney's portrayal of tough guy gangster, Rocky Sullivan, is considered one of his finest performances, if not his best, and he received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor in the role.
Sep 11, 2024 · Angels with Dirty Faces. Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 film about a priest who tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Written by Rowland Brown, John Wexley, Warren Duff, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and Charles MacArthur (uncredited). The saga of America's dirty faced kids...
Angels with Dirty Faces: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
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Angels with Dirty Faces ★★★★ 1938. Rousing classic with memorable Cagney twitches and the famous long walk from the cell to the chair. Two young hoods grow up on NYC's lower East Side with diverse results—one enters the priesthood and the other opts for crime and prison. Upon release from the pen, famed gangster Cagney sets up shop in ...
