City for Conquest

NR

(33)

9/21/1940

EN

1h 44min

Romance

Drama

Crime

City for Conquest

Tagline

A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!

Overview

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

Director

Jean Negulesco

Screenplay

John Wexley

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talisencrw 4/13/2016

I'm unashamedly a James Cagney enthusiast--in fact, he's my very favourite actor (like me, he's at least part-Irish, and he's more versatile than Orson Welles), so yes, I tend to be overly generous wh ...Show More

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John Chard 3/1/2020

Powerhouse Cagney in melodramatic heart-tugger. If taken purely on script alone the film only amounts up to the usual fare we have seen a zillion times over the years. The basic formula being that ...Show More

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