James Cagney
William "Rocky" Sullivan
Search results
Director Michael Curtiz' crime drama Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) is still poignant nearly a century after its release with its moral parable forewarning the youth against a fatal life of...
- (23)
- Crime, Drama
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Angels with Dirty Faces, American gangster film, released in 1938, that is considered a classic of the genre, influencing countless subsequent movies. The story centres on boyhood friends Rocky Sullivan (played by James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien), who take radically different paths as.
In New York, young Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly are best friends and small-time thieves. After a robbery, Rocky is arrested and sent to a reformatory school, where he begins his criminal career. Jerry escapes and later becomes a priest.
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.
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. Michael Curtiz. Director. Warren Duff. Screenplay. John Wexley. Screenplay. Rowland Brown. Story. Ben Hecht. Writer.
1958. New York Film Critics Circle Awards. 1939 | Winner: Best Actor. Cast & Crew. Show all ( 17) Michael Curtiz Director. James Cagney Cast. Pat O'Brien Cast. Humphrey Bogart Cast. Ann Sheridan Cast. Rowland Brown Screenplay. John Wexley Screenplay. Warren B. Duff Screenplay. Articles from the Notebook.
