City for Conquest
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1940
1h 44m
NR
English
Romance, Drama, Crime
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City for Conquest
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?
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Cast
Danny Kenny
Peggy Nash
'Old Timer'
Scotty MacPherson
'Mutt'
Eddie Kenny
'Pinky'
'Dutch'
'Googi'
Murray Burns
Gladys
Mrs. Nash
'Goldie'
Lilly
Max Leonard
Cobb
Salesman
Gaul
Doctor
Doctor
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Championship Fight Spectator (uncre...
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
First Policeman (uncredited)
New York Policeman (uncredited)
Directed By: Jean Negulesco, Anatole Litvak
Written By: John Wexley (Screenplay), Aben Kandel (Novel)
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talisencrw
6 years ago
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 from the early 40's More
John Chard
5 years ago
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 doing all he can More
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 doing all he can More
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