City for Conquest

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City for Conquest (1940)

NR 21/09/1940 (US) Music, Drama, Crime 1h 44m

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

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?

Jean Negulesco

Director
Anatole Litvak

Director
Aben Kandel

Novel
John Wexley

Screenplay

Têtes d'affiche

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'
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Critique en vedette

Une critique de John Chard

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Rédigée par John Chard le 1 mars 2020

Powerhouse Cagney in melodramatic heart-tugger.

If taken purely on script alone the film only amounts up to the usual fare we have seen a zillion times over the years. The basic formula being that two brothers are taking different paths in career choices and the elder brother is doing all he can to help realise his younger brother's dream of being a composer, yet thankfully here the film has a great deal more to offer outside of the usual standard fare.

The elder brother boxes to support his young bro's dream but he's tragically almost blinded in a gruelling 15 round fight where foul chea... lire la suite.

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