City for Conquest (1940)
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
- Date of release
- 1940-09-21
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (38)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama, Crime
- Director
- Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
Casting
- James Cagney — Danny Kenny
- Ann Sheridan — Peggy Nash
- Frank Craven — 'Old Timer'
- Donald Crisp — Scotty MacPherson
- Frank McHugh — 'Mutt'
- Arthur Kennedy — Eddie Kenny
- George Tobias — 'Pinky'
- Jerome Cowan — 'Dutch'
- Elia Kazan — 'Googi'
- Anthony Quinn — Murray Burns
- Lee Patrick — Gladys
- Blanche Yurka — Mrs. Nash
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