Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

26/11/1938
Crime, Drama
1h 37m

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

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.

  • Michael CurtizDirector
  • Charles MacArthurWriter
  • Ben HechtWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • casino
  • based on novel or book
  • gangster
  • film noir
  • black and white
  • dead end kids
  • juvenile delinquent
  • reform school
  • catholic priest

Top Billed 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

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