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The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them! - Angels with Dirty Faces
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Title: Angels with Dirty Faces

Release Date: 26 Nov 1938

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.536 (319 votes)

Cast

  • Rocky Sullivan: James Cagney
  • Jerry Connolly: Pat O’Brien
  • James Frazier: Humphrey Bogart
  • Laury Ferguson: Ann Sheridan
  • Mac Keefer: George Bancroft
  • Soapy: Billy Halop
  • Swing: Bobby Jordan
  • Bim: Leo Gorcey
  • Pasty: Gabriel Dell
  • Crab: Huntz Hall
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