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Angels with Dirty Faces

The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them!
1938 | 97m | English

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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: Nov 26, 1938
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writer: Rowland Brown, John Wexley, Warren Duff, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
Genres: Drama, Crime
Keywords casino, based on novel or book, gangster, black and white, dead end kids, juvenile delinquent, reform school, catholic priest
Production Companies Warner Bros. Pictures
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 01, 2025
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Name Character
James Cagney Rocky Sullivan
Pat O’Brien Jerry Connolly
Humphrey Bogart James Frazier
Ann Sheridan Laury Ferguson
George Bancroft Mac Keefer
Billy Halop Soapy
Bobby Jordan Swing
Leo Gorcey Bim
Gabriel Dell Pasty
Huntz Hall Crab
Bernard Punsly Hunky
Joe Downing Steve
Edward Pawley Edwards
Adrian Morris Blackie
Frankie Burke Rocky - as a Boy
William Tracy Jerry - as a Boy
Marilyn Knowlden Laury - as a Child
Poppy Wilde Girl at Gaming Table
Michael Stark
Name Job
Michael Curtiz Director
Rowland Brown Story
Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Orry-Kelly Costume Design
John Wexley Screenplay
Warren Duff Screenplay
Sol Polito Director of Photography
Owen Marks Editor
Robert M. Haas Art Direction
Perc Westmore Makeup Artist
Frank Mattison Unit Manager
Sherry Shourds Assistant Director
Everett Alton Brown Sound
Leo F. Forbstein Music Director
Charles MacArthur Writer
Steve Trilling Casting
Frank Flanagan Gaffer
Harold Noyes Grip
Harvey Parry Stunts
Ben Hecht Writer
Name Title
Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner Executive Producer
Samuel Bischoff Producer
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talisencrw
10.0

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. ...

Jun 23, 2021