Angels with Dirty Faces
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Short description
Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly grew up together in a tough New York neighborhood, and as boys they were caught during a robbery. Rocky took the blame and went to prison, where he became a career criminal, while Jerry turned to the priesthood. Years later, Rocky returns to the old streets and looks up Jerry, who now runs a parish and tries to keep local boys away from crime. The boys idolize Rocky instead, and Jerry confronts his childhood friend about the influence he has on them. Rocky also has unfinished business with his lawyer and partner James Frazier, who has been handling their money.
Michael Curtiz directed the film, the tenth of twenty-five films he directed in chronological order, between The Adventures of Robin Hood and Dodge City. James Cagney plays Rocky, with Pat O'Brien as Jerry, Humphrey Bogart as Frazier, Ann Sheridan as Laury Ferguson, George Bancroft as Mac Keefer, and Billy Halop as Soapy. Ben Hecht, Warren Duff and Charles MacArthur wrote the screenplay, and Samuel Bischoff produced it for Warner Bros.
The film earned about 2 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 8.3 out of 10 from 23 reviews, while on TMDB it has 7.5 out of 10 from 368 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- During filming, the underage actors practically terrorized the film's creative team. They regularly confused the other actors with their lines (which had nothing to do with the script), and once even stole Humphrey Bogart's (1899-1957) trousers. However, in the case of James Cagney (1899-1986), they picked on the wrong person. Cagney himself grew up on the streets and knew how to fight back. As soon as Leo Gorcey (1917-1961) started to cause trouble, Cagney punched him in the nose, and from that moment on, the underage actors began to behave themselves.
- During the filming of a shootout between James Cagney's character and the pharaohs, he was supposed to stand directly under the window through which a burst of machine-gun fire would be directed. Obeying some incomprehensible impulse, he stepped aside, and when the machine gunner opened fire, one of the bullets ricocheted and hit the wall right where the actor's head would have been had he remained in his assigned position. This incident convinced Cagney of the need to use blank cartridges instead of live ammunition in such situations.
- In one scene, gangsters smash a shop window. In reality, this is a scene from William A. Wellman's (1896-1975) crime drama "The Public Enemy" (1931).
- While playing Rocky, James Cagney relied on his memories of growing up in a disadvantaged area of Manhattan, and in particular, on memories of a perpetually stoned pimp who stood all day on the corner of the block, constantly hitching up his trousers and continuously scanning his surroundings.
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