City for Conquest

City for Conquest

★ 6.9IMDb Score
Released:1940-09-21
Duration:104 min
Director:Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
Actors:James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures

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?

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