
Two boyhood friends, Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly have taken different paths in life. After Rocky is arrested he is sent to a juvenile facility and becomes a lifelong tough guy and criminal. Jerry on the other hand goes straight and becomes a Catholic priest ministering to people in the same neighborhood where he and Rocky grew up. When Rocky is released from prison he resumes his criminal lifestyle and becomes much admired by many of the local kids. Worried that the kid... (Full plot summary below)
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Two boyhood friends, Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly have taken different paths in life. After Rocky is arrested he is sent to a juvenile facility and becomes a lifelong tough guy and criminal. Jerry on the other hand goes straight and becomes a Catholic priest ministering to people in the same neighborhood where he and Rocky grew up. When Rocky is released from prison he resumes his criminal lifestyle and becomes much admired by many of the local kids. Worried that the kids will follow Rocky into the criminal world, Jerry works hard to keep them on the straight and narrow. When Rocky is convicted and sentenced to the electric chair, Jerry asks him for one last favor.
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| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanAn archetype of 1930s and '40s gangster films. The plotting and melodramatic storytelling are stilted by today's standards, but classic movie lovers enjoy that. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealAlthough the movie trades heavily on gang-film staples, there's also ample comedy packed into the mix. |
| The SpectatorBasil WrightAngels With Dirty Faces is a very exciting gangster film. The scenario is by Rowland Brown and the direction is by Michael Curtiz, who has a fine sense of visual rhythm. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaEnvolvente do início ao fim (num desfecho, diga-se de passagem, poderosamente dramático), o filme traz Cagney em uma de suas atuações mais intensas e inspiradas. |
| DVDJournal.comMark Bournethe way Angels With Dirty Faces balances hard-bitten gangster drama with warmly stage-managed religiosity gives us an entertaining period piece, one which shows that after more than sixty years you still can't go wrong with a Jimmy Cagney movie. |
| Tim Dirks' The Greatest FilmsTim DirksAngels With Dirty Faces (1938) is a classic example of a Warner Bros. gangster/crime melodrama of the 1930s |
| User ReviewBrian PStill a timely message after all these years |
| User ReviewLouise B"Whataya do, whataya say?" This is the first James Cagney movie I've seen and I don't plan on letting it be the last. The story is great and it poses a lot questions about nature versus nurture. The acting is great by everyone, even the kids. I love the genre of gangster films so I will have to watch a lot more of these classic gangster films!! Loved it! |
| User ReviewRay MIt's a film that comes on and you would watrch it again and again. A true mark of a great film! |
| User ReviewTom MFriendship and a morality play....brilliantly acted by two giants....take a gander if you have the odd minute..... |