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Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them!

19387.51h 37m

Overview

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Rowland Brown, John Wexley, Warren Duff
Produced by Samuel Bischoff
Box OfficeBudget: $633KRevenue: $1.7M

Top Cast

James Cagney

James Cagney

Rocky Sullivan

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Jerry Connolly

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

James Frazier

Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan

Laury Ferguson

George Bancroft

George Bancroft

Mac Keefer

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Soapy

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

Swing

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Bim

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

Pasty

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Crab

Themes & Keywords

casinobased on novel or bookgangsterfilm noirblack and whitedead end kidsjuvenile delinquentcatholicreform schoolcatholic priest

About Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces is a crime, drama film released in 1938 exploring themes of casino, based on novel or book, gangster, film noir, black and white, dead end kids. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart. Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

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