Something went wrong
Try again later.
Angels with Dirty Faces
When prominent gangster Rocky becomes a hero to some teenaged boys, Father Jerry tries to keep the kids on the straight and narrow.
30 January 1871, Ontario, Canada
July 4, 1907 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
11 July 1923, New York City, New York, USA
4 June 1899, South Dakota, USA
March 15, 1916 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
October 24, 1900 in Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
May 21, 1899 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
19 March 1898, Texas, USA
12 September 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 18, 1891 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
January 01, 2000
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) is a classic example of a Warner Bros. gangster/crime melodrama of the 1930s
February 13, 2005
...most of all, it's Cagney: At the top of his game, the bad guy we have to love. He makes it all happen.
April 21, 2006
Although the movie trades heavily on gang-film staples, there's also ample comedy packed into the mix.
January 29, 2005
Sometimes fierce
July 17, 2005
James Cagney is in top form as a gangster with with redeeming qualities in this well-directed, Oscar nominated picture from Michael Curtiz, who scored in 1938 two Oscar nods; Bogart and Raft are also good.
October 23, 2004
Wonderful morality story; one of Cagney's most memorable
February 07, 2005
An archetype of 1930s and '40s gangster films. The plotting and melodramatic storytelling are stilted by today's standards, but classic movie lovers enjoy that.
July 25, 2002
If you're looking to study the gangster classics, I know a good place you can start.
July 13, 2005
Envolvente do início ao fim (num desfecho, diga-se de passagem, poderosamente dramático), o filme traz Cagney em uma de suas atuações mais intensas e inspiradas.
May 08, 2002
Rocky Sullivan is riveting. His movements are quick and vital, his speech like machine-gun fire, his demeanor sharp and confident. He is all attitude and style.
February 02, 2005
Angels With Dirty Faces benefits from the Production Code because it forces the gangster film to acknowledge its nihilism.
April 07, 2006
the way Angels With Dirty Faces balances hard-bitten gangster drama with warmly stage-managed religiosity gives us an entertaining period piece, one which shows that after more than sixty years you still can't go wrong with a Jimmy Cagney movie.
