Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

  • NR
  • 11/26/1938 (US)
  • 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 Curtiz

Director

Rowland Brown

Story

John Wexley

Screenplay

Warren Duff

Screenplay

Charles MacArthur

Writer

Ben Hecht

Writer

Cast

James Cagney's headshot

James Cagney

Rocky Sullivan
Pat O’Brien's headshot

Pat O’Brien

Jerry Connolly
Humphrey Bogart's headshot

Humphrey Bogart

James Frazier
Ann Sheridan's headshot

Ann Sheridan

Laury Ferguson
George Bancroft's headshot

George Bancroft

Mac Keefer
Billy Halop's headshot

Billy Halop

Soapy
Bobby Jordan's headshot

Bobby Jordan

Swing
Leo Gorcey's headshot

Leo Gorcey

Bim

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