Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
drama film, crime film, prison film, suspense film
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Runtime
- 97 min
Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros. Pictures. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by John Wexley and Warren Duff based on the story by Rowland Brown. The film chronicles the relationship of the notorious gangster William "Rocky" Sullivan with his childhood friend and now-priest Father Jerry Connolly. After spending three years in prison for armed robbery, Rocky intends to collect $100,000 from his co-conspirator Jim Frazier, a mob lawyer. All the while, Father Connolly tries to prevent a group of youths from falling under Rocky's influence.
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