The Roaring Twenties
1939
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Academy Award Writing (Original Story) 1939 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1939 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor 1939 · Nominated
Three Academy Awards
- It received three Academy Awards, for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Writing, Original Story. In addition, James Cagney won the New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1939, for his performance.
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Cagney won two awards for Best Actor from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle. Angels with Dirty Faces was nominated for three awards at the 11th Academy Awards ceremony: Best Actor (for Cagney), Best Director (for Curtiz), and Best Writing (for Brown).
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Awards. Angels with Dirty Faces. Jump to Academy Awards, USA (3) National Board of Review, USA (1) New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1) Online Film & Television Association (1) 3 wins & 3 nominations.
Upon its release, “Angels with Dirty Faces” garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. It was particularly praised for its engaging story, strong performances, and its thought-provoking examination of crime, punishment, and redemption. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor for James Cagney.
Angels with Dirty Faces: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Michael Curtiz
- 1938-11-26
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).
Perhaps the most enduring aspect of the movie is the Academy Award -nominated performance of Cagney as the tough guy worshipped by the local boys, who were played by a group of actors known as the Dead End Kids. Cagney based his now-famous mannerisms and swagger on a pimp he knew from his boyhood neighbourhood.
Overview. 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.
