Picture carries plenty of dramatic punch.
City for Conquest
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
1940 · 1h 44m · APPROVED
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Anatole Litvak
,
Jean Negulesco
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City for Conquest
Overview
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?
Director and cast
- Anatole Litvak Director
- Jean Negulesco Director
- James Cagney as Danny Kenny
- Ann Sheridan as Peggy Nash
- Frank Craven as 'Old Timer'
- Donald Crisp as Scotty MacPherson
- Frank McHugh as 'Mutt'
- Arthur Kennedy as Eddie Kenny
- George Tobias as 'Pinky'
- Jerome Cowan as 'Dutch'
- Elia Kazan as 'Googi'
- Anthony Quinn as Murray Burns
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Uunevenly paced, mounts slowly to a sizzling prizefight sequence, which comes somewhere about the middle, then sags off to a long-drawn, agonized finish.
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