City for Conquest

September. 21,1940      NR
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

James Cagney as  Danny Kenny
Ann Sheridan as  Peggy Nash
Frank Craven as  'Old Timer'
Donald Crisp as  Scotty MacPherson
Frank McHugh as  'Mutt'
Arthur Kennedy as  Eddie Kenny
George Tobias as  'Pinky'
Jerome Cowan as  'Dutch'
Elia Kazan as  'Googi'
Anthony Quinn as  Murray Burns

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