Overview:
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?| Status: | Released (1940-09-21) |
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| Screen: | John Wexley, Aben Kandel |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 5788: James Cagney - Danny Kenny
- 80994: Ann Sheridan - Peggy Nash
- 107684: Frank Craven - 'Old Timer'
- 8841: Donald Crisp - Scotty MacPherson
- 74875: Frank McHugh - 'Mutt'
- 11128: Arthur Kennedy - Eddie Kenny
- 30272: George Tobias - 'Pinky'
Crews
- 37361: Anatole Litvak - Producer - Production
- 82445: John Wexley - Screenplay - Writing
- 107683: William Holmes - Editor - Editing
- 31253: Aben Kandel - Novel - Writing
- 4123: Hal B. Wallis - Executive Producer - Production
- 8714: Sol Polito - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30266: William Cagney - Producer - Production
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I'm unashamedly a James Cagney enthusiast--in fact, he's my very favourite actor (like me, he's at least part-Irish, and he's more versatile than Orson Welles), so yes, I tend to be overly generous when I'm watching his films. But I really enjoyed this gangster/boxing hybrid film fro ....
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Powerhouse Cagney in melodramatic heart-tugger. If taken purely on script alone the film only amounts up to the usual fare we have seen a zillion times over the years. The basic formula being that two brothers are taking different paths in career choices and the elder brother is d ....
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