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City for Conquest

A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!

6.9 average rating
★★★★★
6.9
English / 104 MIN. / 1940

The Genres

The Synopsis

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?

The Cast

James CagneyAnn SheridanFrank CravenDonald CrispFrank McHughArthur KennedyGeorge TobiasJerome CowanElia KazanAnthony QuinnLee PatrickBlanche YurkaGeorge LloydJoyce ComptonThurston HallBen WeldenJohn ArledgeEdward KeaneSelmer JacksonJoseph CrehanMurray AlperWalter BaconHarris BergerWard BondWade BotelerJames CarlisleSteve CarruthersHugh ChapmanJames ConatyOliver CrossDudley DickersonJohn DilsonJimmy DimeWarren DouglasJay EatonFrank FaylenPat FlahertyGeorge FordEdward GarganJoe GilbertMalvern GilmartinDavid GorceyJoe GrayHarrison GreeneKit GuardRobert HainesMargaret HayesSam HayesOscar 'Dutch' HendrianArthur HousmanGeorge HumbertJohn IndrisanoDanny JacksonThomas E. JacksonLois JamesPayne B. JohnsonColin KennyVictor KilianJoseph La CavaMike LallyCharles LanePaula LaneEthelreda LeopoldCarl M. LevinessMichael MarkWilliam MarshallEric MaynePat McKeeSidney MillerHans MoebusBert MoorhouseJack MowerWilliam NewellWilliam H. O'BrienGeorge O'HanlonGarry OwenPaul PanzerSally PayneJack PerryLee PhelpsWilliam PhillipsBernice PilotAlexander PollardFred RapportJackie SallingScott SeatonJohn SheehanCharles SherlockBuster SlavenStephen SoldiBob SteeleLarry SteersCharles SullivanElliott SullivanFrank SullyDale Van SickelBilly WayneDick WesselLeo WhiteFrank WilcoxCharles Cahill WilsonTom WilsonRobert WinklerGeorge Boyce

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