Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 20 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis: Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA) directs James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Pat O'Brien in one of the greatest gangster melodramas made during the Hollywood studio era. William "Rocky" Sullivan (Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (O'Brien), partners in mischief as boys, are separated when only... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Dead End Kids, Ann Sheridan
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Although the movie trades heavily on gang-film staples, there's also ample comedy packed into the mix.
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04/21/06
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.
04/07/06
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02/09/06
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.
07/13/05
...most of all, it's Cagney: At the top of his game, the bad guy we have to love. He makes it all happen.
02/13/05
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.
02/07/05
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02/03/05
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Angels With Dirty Faces benefits from the Production Code because it forces the gangster film to acknowledge its nihilism.
02/02/05
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05/24/03
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