Angels with Dirty Faces
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- This article is about the film Angels with Dirty Faces. For the album by Sugababes see Angels with Dirty Faces (album)
Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 film which tells the story of two boys, growing up in the slums of New York City, who take different paths -- one becomes a gangster, one a priest. When they meet again as adults, the priest must keep his former friend from corrupting the boys that the priest is trying to keep from a life of crime.
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Cast
- James Cagney as gangster William "Rocky" Sullivan
- Pat O'Brien as Fr. Jerome 'Jerry' Connelly
- Humphrey Bogart as James 'Jim' Frazier
- Ann Sheridan as Laury Ferguson
- George Bancroft as Mac Keefer
- Dead End Kids: Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall and Bernard Punsly
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Trivia
- It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Director and Best Writing, Original Story.
- A spoof of the film appears in Home Alone as Angels with Filthy Souls. In the parody, Gangster Johnny fires a lengthy machine gun salvo before remarking, "Keep the change, ya filthy animal."
- The famous Irish bar "Rocky Sullivan's Pub" in New York City was named after Cagney's character.
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