The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them!
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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$633,000
Revenue
$1,700,000
Release Date
November 26, 1938
Popularity
2
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writer
John Wexley
Writer
Warren Duff
Producer
Samuel Bischoff
Where to Watch
Cast
James Cagney
Rocky Sullivan
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
Gabriel Dell
Pasty
Huntz Hall
Crab
Bernard Punsly
Hunky
Joe Downing
Steve
Edward Pawley
Edwards
Adrian Morris
Blackie
Frankie Burke
Rocky - as a Boy
William Tracy
Jerry - as a Boy
Marilyn Knowlden
Laury - as a Child
Poppy Wilde
Girl at Gaming Table
Michael Stark
Mary Gordon
Gallery
Reviews
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A simply outstanding unique take on the tried-and-true gangster yarn by the incredible team of James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan. Another masterpiece by the little-heralded director Michael Curtiz.
