City for Conquest
- Released on
- Runtime
- 104 mins
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?
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
- Walter Bacon
- Harris Berger
- Ward Bond
- Wade Boteler
- James Carlisle
- Steve Carruthers
- Hugh Chapman
- James Conaty
- Oliver Cross
- Dudley Dickerson
- John Dilson
- James Dime
- Warren Douglas
- Jay Eaton
- Frank Faylen
- Pat Flaherty
- George Ford
- Edward Gargan
- Joe Gilbert
- Malvern Gilmartin
- David Gorcey
- Joe Gray
- Harrison Greene
- Kit Guard
- Robert Haines
- Margaret Hayes
- Sam Hayes
- Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
- Arthur Housman
- George Humbert
- John Indrisano
- Danny Jackson
- Thomas E. Jackson
- Lois James
- Payne B. Johnson
- Colin Kenny
- Victor Kilian
- Joseph La Cava
- Mike Lally
- Charles Lane
- Paula Lane
- Ethelreda Leopold
- Carl M. Leviness
- Michael Mark
- William Marshall
- Eric Mayne
- Pat McKee
- Sidney Miller
- Hans Moebus
- Bert Moorhouse
- Jack Mower
- William Newell
- William H. O'Brien
- George O'Hanlon
- Garry Owen
- Paul Panzer
- Sally Payne
- Jack Perry
- Lee Phelps
- William Phillips
- Bernice Pilot
- Alexander Pollard
- Fred Rapport
- Jackie Salling
- 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
- Robert Winkler
- George Boyce
Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Jean Negulesco
Producers
- William Cagney
- Anatole Litvak
Screenwriter
- John Wexley
