Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
casino
based on novel or book
gangster
film noir
black and white
dead end kids
juvenile delinquent
catholic
reform school
catholic priest
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Cast
James Cagney
Rocky Sullivan
Pat O'Brien
Jerry Connolly
Humphrey Bogart
James Frazier
Ann Sheridan
Laury Ferguson
George Bancroft
Mac Keefer
Billy Halop
Soapy
Bobby Jordan
Swing
Leo Gorcey
Bim
Gabriel Dell
Pasty
Huntz Hall
Crab
Bernard Punsly
Hunky
Joe Downing
Steve
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Ben Hecht
Writer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Rowland Brown
Story
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Popular Reviews
50 reviews
Oliver Pugh
2.0★ · 02/20/26
Yeah the best part was at the start where the girl with the pigtails gets her revenge and then the rest… shite
Yeah the best part was at the start where the girl with the pigtails gets her revenge and then the rest… shite
Boris1234
8.0★ · 09/09/25
Whattaya hear, whattaya say
Whattaya hear, whattaya say
christy
7.0★ · 08/10/25
So good. The kid that played young James Cagney looked so much like him.
So good. The kid that played young James Cagney looked so much like him.
Dog Man
6.0★ · 07/29/25
Too moralistic for me, but goddamn does the camera love James Cagney contorting his face into a sneer.
Too moralistic for me, but goddamn does the camera love James Cagney contorting his face into a sneer.
Julie Andrews
6.7★ · 06/24/25
Is this film and The Phoenician Scheme the only films to have a random basketball sequence that adds nothing to the plot but is still fun nonetheless?
Is this film and The Phoenician Scheme the only films to have a random basketball sequence that adds nothing to the plot but is still fun nonetheless?
