Angels with Dirty Faces
This article is about the film Angels with Dirty Faces. For the album by Sugababes see Angels with Dirty Faces (album) [[Image:AngelswDirtyFaces.jpg|thumb|left|Cagney (center) and O'Brien in Angels with Dirty Faces]]
Angels with Dirty Faces is a
1938 film which tells the story of two boys, growing up in the slums of
New York City, who take different paths -- one becomes a gangster, one a priest. When they meet again as adults, the priest must keep his former friend from corrupting the boys that the priest is trying to keep from a life of crime.
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James Cagney as gangster William "Rocky" Sullivan
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Pat O'Brien as Fr. Jerome 'Jerry' Connelly
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Humphrey Bogart as James 'Jim' Frazier
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Ann Sheridan as Laury Ferguson
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George Bancroft as Mac Keefer
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Dead End Kids:
Billy Halop,
Bobby Jordan,
Leo Gorcey,
Gabriel Dell,
Huntz Hall and
Bernard Punsly*It was nominated for
Academy Awards for
Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney),
Best Director and
Best Writing, Original Story.
*A spoof of the film appears in
Home Alone as
Angels with Filthy Souls. In the parody, Gangster Johnny fires a lengthy machine gun salvo before remarking, "Keep the change, ya filthy animal." In
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, a sequel from the last movie is
Angels with Even Filthier Souls. In the sequel, Johnny fires his Tommy gun before saying "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal. And a Happy New Year.". In the two movies, Kevin uses it as an illusion to think that it was Johnny in the house.
*The famous Irish bar "Rocky Sullivan's Pub" in New York City was named after Cagney's character.
*Pat O'Brien's line, "Let's go say a prayer for a boy that couldn't run as fast as I could.", is a very famous line.
*The fourth track on the Sum 41 album "Chuck" is called "Angels with Dirty Faces".
*Sham 69 has a song called "Angels with Dirty Faces"
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