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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

NR Nov 26, 1938 Crime, Drama 1h 37m
User Score
75%
329 votes
Internet Movie Database
79%
Rotten Tomatoes
100%

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 Curtiz
Director
John Wexley
Screenplay
Warren Duff
Screenplay
Rowland Brown
Story

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

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Angels with Dirty Faces ≣ 1938 ≣ Trailer
Angels with Dirty Faces ≣ 1938 ≣ Trailer
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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Trailer
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Trailer
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John Landis on ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
John Landis on ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
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Angels with dirty Faces (1938) Trailer
Angels with dirty Faces (1938) Trailer
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Reviews

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A review by talisencrw
Written on January 10, 2016

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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