City for Conquest (1940)

6.9/10 104 min Romance Drama Crime

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

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'

Elia Kazan

'Googi'

Anthony Quinn

Murray Burns

Lee Patrick

Gladys

Blanche Yurka

Mrs. Nash

George Lloyd

'Goldie'

Joyce Compton

Lilly

Thurston Hall

Max Leonard

Ben Welden

Cobb

John Arledge

Salesman

Edward Keane

Gaul

Selmer Jackson

Doctor

Joseph Crehan

Doctor

Recommendations

High Strung Free Dance
Flamingo Road
Two for the Seesaw
Step Up
Rent
West Side Story
StreetDance 3D
I Still Believe
The Secret: Dare to Dream
StreetDance 2
The Greatest Show on Earth
A Place in the Sun
Honey
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Trapeze
The Red Shoes
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Strangers When We Meet
The Longest Ride
The Lost Husband