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City for Conquest

A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!

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City for Conquest — Plot

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?

  • Release date
  • September 21, 1940
  • Runtime
  • 104 min
  • Genres
  • Romance, Drama, Crime
  • Director
  • Anatole Litvak

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City for Conquest — Cast

James Cagney photo James Cagney Danny Kenny Ann Sheridan photo Ann Sheridan Peggy Nash Frank Craven photo Frank Craven 'Old Timer' Donald Crisp photo Donald Crisp Scotty MacPherson Frank McHugh photo Frank McHugh 'Mutt' Arthur Kennedy photo Arthur Kennedy Eddie Kenny George Tobias photo George Tobias 'Pinky' Jerome Cowan photo Jerome Cowan 'Dutch'

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