The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
368 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Warren DuffScreenplay
- John WexleyScreenplay
- Charles MacArthurWriter
- Ben HechtWriter
Cast
- James CagneyRocky Sullivan
- Pat O'BrienJerry Connolly
- Humphrey BogartJames Frazier
- Ann SheridanLaury Ferguson
- George BancroftMac Keefer
- Billy HalopSoapy
- Bobby JordanSwing
- Leo GorceyBim
- Gabriel DellPasty
- Huntz HallCrab
- Bernard PunslyHunky
- Joe DowningSteve
Stills
Themes
casinobased on novel or bookgangsterfilm noirblack and whitedead end kidsjuvenile delinquentcatholicreform schoolcatholic priest