Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Written by	Rowland Brown John Wexley Warren Duff Ben Hecht (uncredited) Charles MacArthur (uncredited)
Starring	James Cagney Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Dead End Kids
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Editing by	Owen Marks
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	November 24, 1938
Running time	97 min
Language	English
Preceded by	Crime School (1938)
Followed by	They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
IMDb profile

Angels with Dirty Faces is a well-known and often referenced 1938 Warner Brothers film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, and the Dead End Kids. Image File history File links Angelswithdirtyfaces. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... Warren Duff (May 17, 1904 - August 5, 1973) was a film and television writer and producer. ... Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. ... Charles MacArthur (November 5, 1895 _ April 21, 1956) was an American playwright and screenwriter, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Pat OBrien is the name of: Pat OBrien (actor) (1899–1983), who appeared in Some Like It Hot and other films Pat OBrien (New Orleans bartender), who is credited with the invention of the Hurricane (cocktail), which he invented in 1940 Pat OBrien (Irish politician) (c. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. ... The Dead End Kids were five young actors and one ex-plumbers assistant, from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsleys play Dead End in 1935 on Broadway. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Warner Bros. ... is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Crime School is a 1938 film starring Humphrey Bogart and The Dead End Kids. ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... They Made Me a Criminal is a 1939 Warner Bros. ... // Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as the greatest year in film history (see below: 1939 in film#Films released in 1939, for a list with over 20 classics). ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... Warner Bros. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. ... James Cagney (center) and OBrien (right) in Angels with Dirty Faces Pat OBrien (November 11, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American movie actor with over 100 screen credits. ... The Dead End Kids were five young actors and one ex-plumbers assistant, from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsleys play Dead End in 1935 on Broadway. ...

Plot

Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connally (Pat O'Brien) are two boyhood friends who robbed a railroad car as kids. Rocky was caught, but Jerry escaped. Rocky, after being sent to reform school, grows up to become a notorious gangster, while Jerry has become a priest. James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Pat OBrien is the name of: Pat OBrien (actor) (1899–1983), who appeared in Some Like It Hot and other films Pat OBrien (New Orleans bartender), who is credited with the invention of the Hurricane (cocktail), which he invented in 1940 Pat OBrien (Irish politician) (c. ...

Rocky returns to his old neighborhood, where Jerry is running a home that intends to keep young boys away from a life of crime. Six of those boys, Soapy (Billy Halop), Swing (Bobby Jordan), Bim (Leo Gorcey), Patsy (Gabriel Dell), Crabface (Huntz Hall), and Hunky (Bernard Punsly), idolize Rocky, and Jerry attempts to keep his former friend from corrupting them. Billy Halop (February 11, 1920) – (November 9, 1976) was an American actor. ... Bobby Jordan (April 1, 1923 - September 10, 1965) was born in Harrison, New York. ... Leo Gorcey (June 3, 1917 - June 2, 1969) is an American actor. ... October 4, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York. ... Henry Huntz Hall, (August 15, 1919 - January 30, 1999) was a radio, theatrical and motion picture performer perhaps best known for his portrayal of the Dead End Kids in movies such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938). ... Bernard Punsley, also known as Bernard Punsly (July 11, 1923–January 20, 2004), was an American actor who left show business to become a physician. ...

Meanwhile Rocky gets involved with Frazier (Humphrey Bogart), a crooked lawyer, and Keefer (George Bancroft), a shady businessman and municipal contractor. They try to dispose of Rocky, but he finds the record book that they keep where they list the bribes to city officials. Jerry learns of these events and warns Rocky to leave before he informs the authorities. Rocky ignores his advice and Jerry gets the public's attention and informs them all of the crooked government, causing Frazier and Keefer to plot to kill him. Rocky overhears this plot and kills them to protect his childhood friend. Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. ... George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 - October 2, 1956) was an American actor. ...

Rocky is then captured and sentenced to die. Jerry visits him just before his execution and asks him to do him one last favor, to die pretending to be a screaming, snivelling coward, which would end the boys' idolization of him. He refuses, and insists he will be "tough" to the end, and not give up the one thing he has left, his pride. At the very last moment he appears to change his mind and has to be dragged to the electric chair. You, the viewer, never are told whether he genuinely was afraid, a "rotten snivelling coward" or does it for Father and the boys. (Of course Father has no doubts!) [1] The boys hear about what happened and decide he was a coward. They then go with Jerry to Mass.

Cast

• James Cagney as Rocky Sullivan
• Pat O'Brien as Fr. Jerry Connelly
• Humphrey Bogart as Jim Frazier
• Ann Sheridan as Laury Ferguson
• George Bancroft as Mac Keefer
• Billy Halop as Soapy
• Bobby Jordan as Swing
• Leo Gorcey as Bim
• Gabriel Dell as Pasty
• Huntz Hall as Crab
• Bernard Punsly as Hunky
• Joe Downing as Steve
• Edward Pawley as Edwards, guard
• Adrian Morris as Blackie
• Frankie Burke as William 'Rocky' Sullivan, as a boy
• William Tracy as Jerome 'Jerry' Connelly, as a boy (billed as William Tracey)
• Marilyn Knowlden as Laury Ferguson, as a child

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Awards and nominations

James Cagney won the 1939 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his role. In addition, the film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Director and Best Writing, Original Story. New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ...

References in popular culture

• Warner Brothers created a 1939 cartoon that spoofed the movie called Thugs with Dirty Mugs.
• During the 1950s, three Argentinian footballers - Antonio Angelillo, Enrique Sivori and Humberto Maschio - formed a talented inside forward line for their Country. They acquired the nickname "Angels with Dirty Faces" when they all moved to Italy in the latter part of the decade to play for the likes of Juventus. The name was given on account of their typically South American colour and ability. They were also known as ‘The Trio of Death’ because of their clinical finishing.^{[citation needed]}
• A parody 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." Hardcore band, Angels with Filthy Souls, are named after this reference.
• In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, we see scenes from a sequel to that film, Angels with Even Filthier Souls. In the sequel, Johnny fires his Tommy gun before saying "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal. And a Happy New Year." In the two movies, Kevin uses the movies as an illusion to make others think that they were talking to Johnny, and that he was shooting at them.

• It's Never Too Late, an episode of Batman: The Animated Series, alludes to Angels by telling the story of the Stromwell brothers, one of whom grows up to be a mob boss, the other a priest.
• The famous Irish bar "Rocky Sullivan's Pub" in New York City was named after Cagney's character.
• Several musical artists, including Sugababes and Tricky, have used the title "Angels with Dirty Faces" as the name of their album. Others, including Sum 41, Sham 69 and Los Lobos, have songs entitled "Angels with Dirty Faces", although Sum 41's version is actually a reference to another band's name.
• In the early 90s an Indian version of the film was made. Called Ram Jaane, it cast Shahrukh Khan in the role of Rocky. The movie was quite faithful to the original (albeit Indianized).
• Tiny Toons also parody's the death row scene, featuring Hampton the Pig as the Priest and Buster Bunny as the condemned going to the Principals office.

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Memorable lines

Cagney (center) and O'Brien in Angels with Dirty Faces

• Father Jerry: "All right, fellas... let's go say a prayer for a boy that couldn't run as fast as I could."
• Rocky Sullivan: "Whad-da ya hear! Whadda ya say!"

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DVD Release

January 25, 2005

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External links

• Angels with Dirty Faces at the Internet Movie Database
• Angels with Dirty Faces at the TCM Movie Database
• DVD Journal review