City for Conquest
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
City for Conquest (1940)
Production
Director
Scenario
Aben Kandel
Author
Composer
Producer
Actors
James Cagney
Danny Kenny
Ann Sheridan
Peggy Nash
Frank Craven
'Old Timer'
Donald Crisp
Scotty MacPherson
Frank McHugh
'Mutt'
Arthur Kennedy
Eddie Kenny
George Tobias
'Pinky'
Jerome Cowan
'Dutch'
Short description
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?
What's left behind the scenes
- James Cagney (1899-1986) didn't have to learn how to box, as before becoming an actor, he was an amateur boxer who competed in the lightweight division in New York state championships.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
