City for Conquest
“A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!”
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
- Anatole Litvak
- Writers
- John Wexley
- Status
- Released
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James Cagney
Danny Kenny
Ann Sheridan
Peggy Nash
Frank Craven
'Old Timer'
Donald Crisp
Scotty MacPherson
Frank McHugh
'Mutt'
Arthur Kennedy
Eddie Kenny
George Tobias
'Pinky'
Jerome Cowan
'Dutch'
Elia Kazan
'Googi'
Anthony Quinn
Murray Burns
Lee Patrick
Gladys
Blanche Yurka
Mrs. Nash
George Lloyd
'Goldie'
Joyce Compton
Lilly
Thurston Hall
Max Leonard
Ben Welden
Cobb
John Arledge
Salesman
Edward Keane
Gaul
Selmer Jackson
Doctor
Joseph Crehan
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