Angels with Dirty Faces
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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 37mNR 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

James Cagney

Rocky Sullivan

Lead
Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Jerry Connolly

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

James Frazier

Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan

Laury Ferguson

George Bancroft

George Bancroft

Mac Keefer

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Soapy

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

Swing

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Bim

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Curtiz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Angels with Dirty Faces is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker