City for Conquest

1940 "A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!"

City for Conquest

7.2 | 1h44m | NR | en | Drama

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?

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7.2 | 1h44m | NR | en | Drama , Crime , Music

Synopsis

Cast

James Cagney ,Ann Sheridan ,Frank Craven

Director

Robert M. Haas

Producted By

Warner Bros. Pictures ,

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Cast

James Cagney

as Danny Kenny

[2008] You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story [1981] Ragtime [1961] One, Two, Three [1960] The Gallant Hours [1959] Shake Hands with the Devil [1957] Man of a Thousand Faces [1955] Love Me or Leave Me [1955] Run for Cover [1955] Mister Roberts

Ann Sheridan

as Peggy Nash

[1966] Pistols 'n' Petticoats [1956] The Opposite Sex [1953] Appointment in Honduras [1950] Woman on the Run [1949] I Was a Male War Bride [1948] Silver River [1948] Good Sam [1947] The Unfaithful [1947] Nora Prentiss

Frank Craven

as 'Old Timer'

[1946] Colonel Effingham's Raid [1944] My Best Gal [1943] Keeper of the Flame [1943] Dangerous Blondes [1943] Jack London [1942] In This Our Life [1941] The Lady from Cheyenne [1940] City for Conquest [1940] Dreaming Out Loud