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City for Conquest is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. [2] [3] The picture is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Aben Kandel.
James Cagney stars as Danny Kenny, a truck driver who becomes a boxer to please his girlfriend Peggy, played by Ann Sheridan. The film follows their struggles and dreams in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1940s.
- (2.7K)
- Drama, Sport
- Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
- 1940-09-21
A truck driver becomes a boxer to support his brother's education, but faces danger and temptation in the city. Based on a novel by Aben Kandel, directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney.
- Anatole Litvak
- James Cagney
Ex-Golden Gloves fighter Danny Kenny has it all worked out. He'll turn pro to bankroll his brother's dream of writing a symphonic paean to the teeming city w...
Academy Award winner James Cagney stars as a boxer on the rise, but one who falls before taking a City for Conquest. It seems as though nothing can stop boxer Danny Kenny's (Cagney--Yankee Doodle Dandy) meteoric rise to the top.
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