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Angels With Dirty Faces

1938

Michael Curtiz

James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan ...

7.5

4,100

Film noir. Thriller Gangster Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) returns from prison to make a name for himself in the crime world. He's soon discovered by the Dead End Kids, who idolize him, and childhood pal Father Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien). The good Father has taken a different turn from Rocky and is struggling to bring the Kids around; while still friends with Rocky, he tries to persuade him to steer clear of the gang of urchins. Rocky runs afoul of the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jeremiah Kipp Slant	"Cagney was something truly unique and special (...) Angels With Dirty Faces benefits from the Production Code because it forces the gangster film to acknowledge its nihilism."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Another typical Dead End kids picture, but with the single exception that it has James Cagney and Pat O'Brien to bolster the dramatic interest."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"A film with a stern heart and a genuine brain, that for once used the strictures of the Hayes Code (with its strangulating hold on Hollywood) to its own advantage"	POS

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