Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1938-11-26
Genre:Crime, Drama
Duration:97 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Michael Curtiz
Actors:James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview:

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

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