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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.
James Cagney stars as Danny Kenny, a truck driver who becomes a boxer to please his girlfriend Peggy, played by Ann Sheridan. The film follows their struggles and dreams in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1940s.
- (2.7K)
- Drama, Sport
- Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
- 1940-09-21
A truck driver becomes a boxer to support his brother's education, but faces danger and temptation in the city. Based on a novel by Aben Kandel, directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney.
- Anatole Litvak
- James Cagney
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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- James Cagney
- Anatole Litvak
- Drama
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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.
