A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
Bernard Punsly
- Hunky
- (as Bernard Punsley)
William Tracy
- Jerry - as a Boy
- (as William Tracey)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Dead End Kids terrorized the set during shooting. They threw other actors off with their ad-libbing, and once cornered co-star Humphrey Bogart and stole his trousers. They didn't figure on James Cagney's street-bred toughness, however. The first time Leo Gorcey pulled an ad-lib on Cagney, the star stiff-armed the young actor right above the nose. From then on the gang behaved.
- GoofsIn one of the newspapers headlining an article about Rocky kidnapping Frazier, the word 'Kidnapper' is incorrectly spelled with only one P.
The above is incorrect. Kidnapers is a legitimate spelling, so there is no goof in the newspaper. English trends do change over time, so the use of 2 Ps in the word is also an accepted spelling.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Father Jerry: All right, fellas... let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Public Enemy (1931)
- SoundtracksIn My Merry Oldsmobile
(1905) (uncredited)
Music by Gus Edwards
Lyrics by Vincent Bryan
Revised version sung a cappella by James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
Featured review
The fork begins to split after attempting to commit, a theft from rolling stock that starts the countdown of a clock, where the option Jerry takes, means that he'll get all the breaks, and the dice that roll for you, leaves you locked in a curfew. Some years later, in a cycle, you return to your old ground, where you're looking to recoup, from an acquaintance a few grand, but there's cheating and deception, though you find yourself protection, it all leads to a big shoot out, with a pistol in each hand. Alas you're captured and convicted and then sentenced to the chair, you are cool and quite collected and the thought just does not scare, but does a chat turn you all yella, is it for real, are you that fella, and does it really make a difference to remove future despair.
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- Battle of City Hall
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $524
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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