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City for Conquest is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. [2] [3] The picture is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Aben Kandel.
CITY FOR CONQUEST (Warner Brothers, 1940), directed by Anatole Litvak, starring James Cagney and Ann Sheridan, is another one of many movies produced during the 1930s and 40s to represent New York City life with a realistic approach, and one of the best of its kind.
City For Conquest (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Your Cup Or My Bean With first-time dance partner Murray (Anthony Quinn), Peggy (Ann Sheridan) wins her first contest, celebrations going not so well with boyfriend Danny (James Cagney) and pals (Frank McHugh, George Tobias), in City For Conquest, 1940.
Truck driver Danny Kenny (James Cagney) gets into boxing to help his talented younger brother, Eddie (Arthur Kennedy), pay for music school. But when Danny's relationship with his girlfriend ...
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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.
City for Conquest (1940) is an epic Warner Bros. stories-of-the-city style prestige picture with a few filings of film noir placed within its frames, which tend to sprawling grandeur rather than intimate psychological portrayal.
Litvak’s next film was City for Conquest (1940), a gritty melodrama, with James Cagney as a boxer who sacrifices everything so that his younger brother (Arthur Kennedy) can continue his career as a musician; Sheridan was cast as Cagney’s girlfriend, and Elia Kazan appeared in a small but colourful…
Sep 8, 2020 · Because of the contract? Because of the times? Because she’s been broken? And she and Danny keep criss-crossing paths on their various circuits—she dance, he boxing—until they hook up again back in NYC. And they walk around the city, or against a backdrop of the city, and reconnect.
City for Conquest is a film directed by Anatole Litvak with James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn, Frank Craven .... Year: 1940. Original title: City for Conquest. Synopsis: Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan his former girlfriend, Peggy.
