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City for Conquest
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
Crime, Drama, Romance - 1940
City for Conquest
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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:
,
Jean Negulesco
,
Anatole Litvak
Cast:
,
Elia Kazan
,
Anthony Quinn
,
James Cagney
,
Donald Crisp
,
Arthur Kennedy
,
Jerome Cowan
,
George Tobias
,
Frank McHugh
,
Ann Sheridan
,
Frank Craven

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Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
21 Sep 1940
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
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Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Picture carries plenty of dramatic punch.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
1 Nov 2007
rotten:
Uunevenly paced, mounts slowly to a sizzling prizefight sequence, which comes somewhere about the middle, then sags off to a long-drawn, agonized finish.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
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