City for Conquest
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
6.9(37) 1940-09-21 104 minRomanceDramaCrime
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?
ProducerAnatole Litvak
ScreenplayJohn Wexley
ProducerWilliam Cagney
Original Music ComposerMax Steiner
DirectorAnatole Litvak
DirectorJean Negulesco
Cast & characters
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'
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Jerome Cowan
as 'Dutch'
Elia Kazan
as 'Googi'
Anthony Quinn
as Murray Burns
Lee Patrick
as Gladys
Blanche Yurka
as Mrs. Nash
George Lloyd
as 'Goldie'
Joyce Compton
as Lilly
Thurston Hall
as Max Leonard
Ben Welden
as Cobb
John Arledge
as Salesman
Edward Keane
as Gaul
Selmer Jackson
as Doctor
Joseph Crehan
as Doctor
Murray Alper
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Walter Bacon
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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Harris Berger
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as First Policeman (uncredited)
