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Angels With Dirty Faces

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Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien) were brought up in one of New York's toughest neighborhoods, Hell's Kitchen. While his buddy Rocky gets caught up in racketeering in reform school, Jerry decides to become a priest. Years later, Rocky is released from prison and returns to Hell's Kitchen, where Jerry works with at-risk children. Rocky wants a temporary safe haven with his old friend before resuming his life of crime, but Jerry hesitates, testing their relationship.
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James Cagney's explosive charisma and Pat O'Brien's steadfast decency are a match made in heaven in this touching battle for a community's soul.

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Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine02/02/2005
4/4
Angels With Dirty Faces benefits from the Production Code because it forces the gangster film to acknowledge its nihilism. Go to Full Review Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films05/08/2002
B
Rocky Sullivan is riveting. His movements are quick and vital, his speech like machine-gun fire, his demeanor sharp and confident. He is all attitude and style. Go to Full Review Tony Sloman Radio Times05/30/2024
5/5
It's a fast-paced, gritty melodrama, which, though much copied and even parodied, has never been bettered. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row01/06/2022
4/4
An atonement for & a deconstruction of Cagney's bad boy persona in films like The Public Enemy that made him a star, emulating the essence of the Production Code with more grace & emotional weight than anyone actually involved with the code ever managed. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy12/11/2021
4/4
The weighty closing line triggers haunting reflections on chance, destiny, and the capricious nature of the universe. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins07/24/2020
6/10
If the Dead End Kids - complete with their Three Stooges routines and slaphappy slapstick - weren't involved, the movie could have moved more smoothly and featured a more focused message. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Ed .Aug 22Gangster outta jail becomes a role model for street urchins who start following a path of moral turpitude. The kids can't save the $50 they get from Cagney, but Cagney saves their souls by showing fear and 'cowardice' in the moment before his execution. Only in Hollywood, yet more realistic than Pretty Woman. See more Mikey BJul 4Bogie and Cagney together on screen! Pat O'Brien a great supporting role.Fantastic ending See more Orin DMay 1Our father who was an encyclopedia of info on the great Warner Brother's film's of the 30's & 40's taught me to love corny-heart-of-gold gangster flicks like "Angels." Orson Welles said that Cagney was the most talented actor who ever walked in front of a camera. I concur. Enjoy the treasures these talented men & women left us. Orin P. Domenico See more David F@dfulmer08/23/2024A fast-moving, fast-talking gangster film from the classic Warner Bros. gangster film era. See more Matthew B07/31/2023Since the inception of the gangster movie in the 1930s there has been a concern about the possible effects that such films have on their audiences, especially on younger members. Does the gangster movie expose criminal activities as being ugly and dangerous, and a bad example to follow? Or does the gangster movie glamorise crime? Angels with Dirty Faces could be seen as an externalisation of that debate presented on screen. It shows two men fighting for the souls of the local youths (literally, one of the men believes). The question lies in whether those juveniles will ultimately be swayed into taking the moral and honest path that Catholic priest, Father Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien) wishes them to take, or whether they will be seduced into following the crooked path offered to them by charismatic gangster, William ‘Rocky' Sullivan (James Cagney).Of course it is necessary that Rocky should have enough charm to explain why he offers such a dangerous temptation to the youths in this film, but the story goes out of its way to increase our sympathy for him. He is set in contrast to his accomplice and lawyer, Jim Frazier (Humphrey Bogart). While Rocky has a sense of honour, Frazier has none.Another point that the movie makes in favour of Rocky is to show the unhappy freak of fate that led to him becoming a criminal in the first place. Jerry and Rocky get into trouble when they are discovered stealing fountain pens from a railroad car. Jerry escapes, but Rocky is caught and sent to a juvenile reform school. From here we are treated to a montage of scenes showing how his time in incarceration led Rocky into a life of crime.The arbitrary nature of the two boy's fates is emphasised. For the sake of a few fountain pens, Jerry escaped punishment and grew up to become a priest, while Rocky was arrested and became a mobster.I wrote a full review on my blog if you're interested in hearing more of my views on the film. It does include a discussion of the film's ending though: https://themoviescreenscene.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/angels-with-dirty-faces-1938/ See more Eric G@Eric_Griffin06/14/2023This is a classic gangster film, one that ends with a really positive message. The acting by the Dead End kids is absolutely hilarious and unforgettable. Wait for this line: "Oh, you don't like the beans?" 😆. So many faces are smacked, it's practically like watching the stooges sometimes. I rarely give 5 starts, especially to older films, but this one is incredible. See more Read all reviews
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