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.
February 18, 1891 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
30 April 1922, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3 June 1917, New York City, New York, USA
October 24, 1900 in Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
8 November 1882, Nova Scotia, Canada
3 December 1900, Illinois, USA
8 January 1882, Waldron, Arkansas, USA
26 March 1926, Detroit, Michigan, USA
October 3, 1883 in Missouri, USA
29 July 1894, New York City, New York, USA
11 November 1899, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
9 April 1911, Fresno, California, USA
July 21, 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
4 June 1899, South Dakota, USA
24 September 1889, Croswell, Michigan, USA
6 June 1915, Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 October 1919, New York, USA
16 May 1882, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1 December 1917, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
10 June 1873, New York City, New York, USA
April 24, 1899 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA
September 5, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
January 19, 1896 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 May 1893, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 January 1882, Veracruz, Mexico
11 February 1920, New York City, New York, USA
20 March 1884, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
October 23, 2004
Wonderful morality story; one of Cagney's most memorableApril 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.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.February 02, 2005
Angels With Dirty Faces benefits from the Production Code because it forces the gangster film to acknowledge its nihilism.April 21, 2006
Although the movie trades heavily on gang-film staples, there's also ample comedy packed into the mix.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.January 29, 2005
Sometimes fierceJanuary 01, 2000
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) is a classic example of a Warner Bros. gangster/crime melodrama of the 1930sFebruary 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.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.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.