City for Conquest
(1940)
September 21, 1940• 1h 44m
69%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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?
Anatole Litvak
Director
Top Billed Cast
JC
James Cagney
Danny Kenny
AS
Ann Sheridan
Peggy Nash
FC
Frank Craven
'Old Timer'
DC
Donald Crisp
Scotty MacPherson
FM
Frank McHugh
'Mutt'
AK
Arthur Kennedy
Eddie Kenny
GT
George Tobias
'Pinky'
JC
Jerome Cowan
'Dutch'
EK
Elia Kazan
'Googi'
AQ
Anthony Quinn
Murray Burns
