City for Conquest (1940)
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
104 min
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
- September 21, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- James Cagney as Danny Kenny
- Ann Sheridan as Peggy Nash
- Arthur Kennedy as Eddie Kenny
- Donald Crisp as Scotty MacPherson
- Frank Craven as Old Timer
- Frank McHugh as 'Mutt'
- George Tobias as 'Pinky'
- Jerome Cowan as 'Dutch'
- Elia Kazan as 'Googi'
- Anthony Quinn as Murray Burns
Crew
- Anatole Litvak · Director
- John Wexley · Writer
- Aben Kandel · Writer
- Anatole Litvak · Producer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- James Wong Howe · Cinematographer
- Sol Polito · Cinematographer
- William Holmes · Editor