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.
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James Cagney | Rocky Sullivan |
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Pat O'Brien | Jerry Connolly |
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Humphrey Bogart | James Frazier |
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Ann Sheridan | Laury Ferguson |
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George Bancroft | Mac Keefer |
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Billy Halop | Soapy |
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Bobby Jordan | Swing |
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Leo Gorcey | Bim |
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Gabriel Dell | Pasty |
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Huntz Hall | Crab |
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Bernard Punsly | Hunky |
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Joe Downing | Steve |
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Edward Pawley | Edwards |
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Adrian Morris | Blackie |
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Frankie Burke | Rocky - as a Boy |
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William Tracy | Jerry - as a Boy |
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Marilyn Knowlden | Laury - as a Child |
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The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir | |
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Harris Berger | Basketball Captain |
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Sidney Bracey | Convict |
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Edwin Brian | Newsboy |
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Sonny Bupp | Boy |
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Brian Burke | Convict |
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Gary Carthew | Church Basketball Team Player |
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Lane Chandler | Guard |
Director | Michael Curtiz |
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Writer | John Wexley, Warren Duff, Rowland Brown, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur | |
Producer | Samuel Bischoff, Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner | |
Musician | Max Steiner | |
Photography | Sol Polito |