Angels with Dirty Faces 1938

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

7.555 / 10   300 vote(s)
NR
Crime Drama

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.

Release Date 1938-11-26
Runtime 1h 37m
Directors Michael Curtiz, Sol Polito, Sherry Shourds, Leo F. Forbstein
Producers Samuel Bischoff, Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner
Writers Warren Duff, Rowland Brown, John Wexley, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

A simply outstanding unique take on the tried-and-true gangster yarn by the incredible team of James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan. Another masterpiece by the little-heralded director Michael Curtiz.

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