City for Conquest (1940)
Synopsis
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?
Release Date: 1940-09-21
Runtime: 104 minutes
Director: Anatole Litvak
Top Cast
- James Cagney as Danny Kenny
- Ann Sheridan as Peggy Nash
- Frank Craven as 'Old Timer'
- Donald Crisp as Scotty MacPherson
- Frank McHugh as 'Mutt'
- Arthur Kennedy as Eddie Kenny
- George Tobias as 'Pinky'
- Jerome Cowan as 'Dutch'
- Elia Kazan as 'Googi'
- Anthony Quinn as Murray Burns
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