
Angels with Dirty Faces(1938)
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.


“Two men wanted her love ... The third wanted her life !”
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

John Hodiak
Eddie Bendix

Lizabeth Scott
Paula Haller

Burt Lancaster
Tom Hanson

Wendell Corey
Johnny Ryan

Mary Astor
Fritzi Haller

Kristine Miller
Claire Lindquist

William Harrigan
Berle Lindquist

James Flavin
Pat Johnson

Jane Novak
Mrs. Lindquist
Anna Camargo
Rosa
Desert Fury is a drama, crime film released in 1947 exploring themes of casino, based on novel or book, nevada, bridge, film noir, desert. Directed by Lewis Allen, it stars John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster. The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
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