Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
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- Passed
- 1h 37min
- Crime, Drama
- 26 Nov 1938 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins.
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Cast verified as complete
James Cagney | ... |
Rocky Sullivan
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Pat O'Brien | ... |
Jerry Connolly
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Humphrey Bogart | ... |
James Frazier
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Ann Sheridan | ... |
Laury Ferguson
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George Bancroft | ... |
Mac Keefer
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Billy Halop | ... |
Soapy
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Bobby Jordan | ... |
Swing
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Leo Gorcey | ... |
Bim
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Gabriel Dell | ... |
Pasty
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Huntz Hall | ... |
Crab
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Bernard Punsly | ... |
Hunky
(as Bernard Punsley)
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Joe Downing | ... |
Steve
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Edward Pawley | ... |
Edwards
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Adrian Morris | ... |
Blackie
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Frankie Burke | ... |
Rocky - as a Boy
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William Tracy | ... |
Jerry - as a Boy
(as William Tracey)
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Marilyn Knowlden | ... |
Laury - as a Child
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The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir | ... |
(as St. Brendan's Church Choir)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Harris Berger | ... |
Basketball Captain (uncredited)
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Sidney Bracey | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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Edwin Brian | ... |
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Sonny Bupp | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Brian Burke | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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Gary Carthew | ... |
Church Basketball Team Player (uncredited)
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Lane Chandler | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Frank Coghlan Jr. | ... |
Boy in Pool Room (uncredited)
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Bill Cohee | ... |
Church Basketball Team Player (uncredited)
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William Crowell | ... |
Whimpering Convict (uncredited)
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Joe Cunningham | ... |
Managing Editor (uncredited)
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Steve Darrell | ... |
Gangster (uncredited)
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The Dead End Kids | ... |
(uncredited)
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Joe Devlin | ... |
Gangster (uncredited)
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John Dilson | ... |
Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
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Mike Donovan | ... |
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
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David Durand | ... |
Boy in Pool Room (uncredited)
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Earl Dwire | ... |
Priest (uncredited)
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William Edmunds | ... |
Italian Storekeeper (uncredited)
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Jack Egger | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Jim Farley | ... |
Railroad Yard Watchman (uncredited)
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Bud Geary | ... |
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
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Jack A. Goodrich | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Mary Gordon | ... |
Mrs. Patrick McGee (uncredited)
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Earl Gunn | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Frank Hagney | ... |
Sharpie (uncredited)
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John Hamilton | ... |
Police Captain (uncredited)
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John Harron | ... |
Sharpie (uncredited)
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Harry Hayden | ... |
Pharmacist (uncredited)
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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Ben Hendricks Jr. | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Al Hill | ... |
(uncredited)
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Robert Homans | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Thomas E. Jackson | ... |
Press City Editor (uncredited)
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Donald Kerr | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Frank Kowalski | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Vera Lewis | ... |
Soapy's Mother (uncredited)
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Al Lloyd | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Alexander Lockwood | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Vince Lombardi | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Wilfred Lucas | ... |
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
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Le Val Lund Jr. | ... |
Church Basketball Team Player (uncredited)
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Wilbur Mack | ... |
Croupier (uncredited)
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Charles Marsh | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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John Marston | ... |
Well-Dressed Man (uncredited)
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Bibby Mayer | ... |
Church Basketball Team Player (uncredited)
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Billy McClain | ... |
Janitor (uncredited)
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Roger McGee | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Belle Mitchell | ... |
Mrs. Maggione (uncredited)
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Carlyle Moore Jr. | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Dickie Moore | ... |
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
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George Mori | ... |
(uncredited)
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Jack Mower | ... |
Detective (uncredited)
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Spec O'Donnell | ... |
Inquisitive Youth in Pool Room (uncredited)
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Pat O'Malley | ... |
Railroad Guard (uncredited)
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Oscar O'Shea | ... |
Kennedy (uncredited)
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George Offerman Jr. | ... |
Older Boy (uncredited)
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Emory Parnell | ... |
Officer McMann (uncredited)
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William Pawley | ... |
Bugs (uncredited)
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Jack Perrin | ... |
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps | ... |
Detective (uncredited)
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Earl Pingree | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Theodore Rand | ... |
Gunman #3 (uncredited)
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Dick Rich | ... |
Gangster (uncredited)
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Ralph Sanford | ... |
Policeman on El Toro Club Phone (uncredited)
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Jeffrey Sayre | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Jack C. Smith | ... |
Railroad Guard (uncredited)
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George Sorel | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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James Spottswood | ... |
'Record' Editor (uncredited)
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Michael Stark | ... |
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
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Chuck Stubbs | ... |
Red (uncredited)
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Charles Sullivan | ... |
Ed (uncredited)
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Elliott Sullivan | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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A.W. Sweatt | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Eddie Syracuse | ... |
Maggione Boy (uncredited)
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George Taylor | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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Charles Trowbridge | ... |
Norton J. White (uncredited)
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Norman Wallace | ... |
Church Basketball Team Player (uncredited)
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Dick Wessel | ... |
Man in Pool Room Slugged by Father Connelly (uncredited)
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Leo White | ... |
Man with Baby (uncredited)
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Poppy Wilde | ... |
Girl at Gaming Table (uncredited)
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Lottie Williams | ... |
Onlooker at Drugstore (uncredited)
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Charles C. Wilson | ... |
Police Lt. Buckley (uncredited)
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Claude Wisberg | ... |
Hanger-on in Pool Room (uncredited)
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Dan Wolheim | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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William Worthington | ... |
Warden (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michael Curtiz |
Written by
John Wexley | ... | (screen play) and |
Warren Duff | ... | (screen play) |
Rowland Brown | ... | (from a story by) |
Ben Hecht | ... | () (uncredited) |
Charles MacArthur | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Samuel Bischoff | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Hal B. Wallis | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Jack L. Warner | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Max Steiner |
Cinematography by
Sol Polito | ... | (photography by) |
Editing by
Owen Marks | ... | film editor |
Casting By
Steve Trilling | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Robert M. Haas | ... | (as Robert Haas) |
Costume Design by
Orry-Kelly | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Frank Mattison | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sterling Campbell | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Emmett Emerson | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Sherry Shourds | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Herbert Plews | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Everett Alton Brown | ... | sound (as E.A. Brown) |
Peter Berkos | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Harvey Parry | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Evans | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Frank Flanagan | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Al Green | ... | second camera (uncredited) |
William Harrington | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Harold Noyes | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Charley Mark | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
Hugo Friedhofer | ... | orchestral arrangements |
Jacob Ceelasler | ... | music (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Frank Kowalski | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Jack Lucas | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Jo Graham | ... | dialogue director |
Red Breen | ... | stand-in: James Cagney (uncredited) |
J.J. Devlin | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1938) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Limited (1938) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers Pictures (1939) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1939) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1948) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Warner Bros. Finland (1950) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1958) (Finland) (tv)
- atlas Film (1965) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- CBS/Fox (1983) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1985) (France) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1987) (United States) (VHS) (colorized)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (Canada) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1989) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS) (colorized)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Warner Home Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1992) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vidéo (2005) (France) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vídeo (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Living Colour Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray) (through)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- MGM Home Entertainment (LaserDisc package design)
- Turner Entertainment (LaserDisc package design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Boyhood friends Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly have taken different paths in life. After Rocky is arrested, he is sent to a juvenile facility and becomes a lifelong tough guy and criminal; meanwhile, Jerry goes straight and becomes a Catholic priest ministering to people in the same neighborhood where he and Rockey grew up. When Rocky is released from prison, he resumes his criminal lifestyle and becomes much admired by many of the local kids. Worried that the kids will follow Rocky into the criminal world, Jerry works hard to keep them on the straight and narrow. When Rocky is convicted and sentenced to the electric chair, Jerry asks him for one last favor. Written by garykmcd |
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Taglines | The saga of America's dirty faced kids... And the breaks that life won't give them! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The Dead End Kids terrorized the set during shooting. They threw other actors off with their ad-libbing, and once cornered co-star Humphrey Bogart and stole his trousers. They didn't figure on James Cagney's street-bred toughness, however. The first time Leo Gorcey pulled an ad-lib on Cagney, the star stiff-armed the young actor right above the nose. From then on the gang behaved. See more » |
Goofs | In one of the newspapers headlining an article about Rocky kidnapping Frazier, the word 'Kidnapper' is incorrectly spelled with only one P. The above is incorrect. Kidnapers is a legitimate spelling, so there is no goof in the newspaper. English trends do change over time, so the use of 2 Ps in the word is also an accepted spelling. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited from The Public Enemy (1931). See more » |
Soundtracks | In My Merry Oldsmobile See more » |
Quotes |
[last lines]
Father Jerry: All right, fellas... let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could. See more » |