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.

Rocky Sullivan

Jerry Connolly

James Frazier

Laury Ferguson

Mac Keefer

Soapy

Swing

Bim

Pasty

Crab

Hunky

Steve

Edwards

Blackie

Jerry - as a Boy

Laury - as a Child

Girl at Gaming Table

Acting
A simply outstanding unique take on the tried-and-true gangster yarn by the incredible team of James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan. Another masterpiece by the little-heralded director Michael Curtiz.
November 26, 1938

Rocky Sullivan

Jerry Connolly

James Frazier

Laury Ferguson

Mac Keefer

Soapy

Swing

Bim

Pasty

Crab

Hunky

Steve

Edwards

Blackie

Jerry - as a Boy

Laury - as a Child

Girl at Gaming Table

Acting
A simply outstanding unique take on the tried-and-true gangster yarn by the incredible team of James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan. Another masterpiece by the little-heralded director Michael Curtiz.

