Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. 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 fifteen 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.
Plot
In 1920, two Irish-American youths, Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly, attempt to rob a railroad car carrying fountain pens. Jerry escapes from the police, while Rocky is caught and sentenced to reform school.
Cast
- Ann Sheridan
- Belle Mitchell
- Billy Halop
- Charles C. Wilson
- Charles Sullivan
- Charles Trowbridge
- Dead End Kids
- Earl Dwire
- Edward Pawley
- Emory Parnell
- Frank Coghlan, Jr.
- Frank Hagney
- Gabriel Dell
- George Bancroft
- Harry Hayden
- Humphrey Bogart
- Huntz Hall
- Jack Mower
- James Cagney
- John Dilson
- John Hamilton
- Lane Chandler
- Leo Gorcey
- Leo White
- Mary Gordon
- Oscar O'Shea
- Pat O'Brien
- Ralph Sanford
- Sidney Bracey
- Vera Lewis
- William Edmunds
- William Tracy
- William Worthington
More details
| author | Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur John Wexley Rowland Brown |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Owen Marks |
| events | capital punishment organized crime |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | abandon armed robbery arrest beg boarding house build bully business partner catholic priest contract killer criminal life eat electric chair end fight forced to kill fountain pen hit squad hostage irish-american kidnap ledger misunderstand old friend pickpocketing pocket picked police officer railroad car reform school scream spending money spit steal surround trap trying to escape walk |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Story |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | gangster |