City for Conquest
1940 • Romance | Drama
Jean Negulesco
Director
Anatole Litvak
Director
Status
Released
Release date
September 21, 1940
Duration
104 Min
Language
en
Popularity
2.5436
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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?
Cast
James Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Frank Craven
Donald Crisp
Frank McHugh
Arthur Kennedy
George Tobias
Jerome Cowan
Elia Kazan
Anthony Quinn
Lee Patrick
Blanche Yurka
George Lloyd
Joyce Compton
Thurston Hall
Ben Welden
John Arledge
Edward Keane
Selmer Jackson
Joseph Crehan
Murray Alper
Ward Bond
Wade Boteler
Steve Carruthers
Dudley Dickerson
John Dilson
Jimmy Dime
Warren Douglas
Jay Eaton
Frank Faylen
Pat Flaherty
Edward Gargan
David Gorcey
Kit Guard
Margaret Hayes
Sam Hayes
Arthur Housman
George Humbert
Thomas E. Jackson
Colin Kenny
Victor Kilian
Mike Lally
Charles Lane
Ethelreda Leopold
Carl M. Leviness
Michael Mark
William Marshall
Eric Mayne
Sidney Miller
Jack Mower
William Newell
William H. O'Brien
George O'Hanlon
Garry Owen
Paul Panzer
Sally Payne
Jack Perry
Lee Phelps
William Phillips
Scott Seaton
John Sheehan
Charles Sherlock
Buster Slaven
Stephen Soldi
Bob Steele
Larry Steers
Charles Sullivan
Elliott Sullivan
Frank Sully
Dale Van Sickel
Billy Wayne
Dick Wessel
Leo White
Frank Wilcox
Charles C. Wilson
Tom Wilson
