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75% Critic Match
Angels with Dirty Faces
“The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them!”
7.5 / 10• 1938• 1h 37m•NR• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Cast & Crew
James Cagney
Rocky Sullivan
Lead
Pat O'Brien
Jerry Connolly
Humphrey Bogart
James Frazier
Ann Sheridan
Laury Ferguson
George Bancroft
Mac Keefer
Billy Halop
Soapy
Bobby Jordan
Swing
Leo Gorcey
Bim
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Curtiz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Angels with Dirty Faces is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
