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"Cagney & Sheridan in a memorable performance ... Anatole Litvak (Director)", 3 janvier 2011
Ce commentaire fait référence à cette édition : City for Conquest [Import USA Zone 1] (DVD)
Warner Bros. Pictures presents "CITY FOR CONQUEST" (21 September 1940) (104 min/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan his former girlfriend, Peggy --- While Danny is realizing success in the ring, he is blinded by acid on the boxing gloves of his opponent during a fight --- When Danny attempts to get even with the gangster who was responsible for for his blindness he is wounded --- His former manager finances a newsstand for the now blind and handicapped Danny who uses his income to pay for his bother Eddie's music education --- The film tugs at your heartstrings some time later as Peggy meets/recognizes Danny at his newsstand and they both listen to Eddie's first symphony on the radio ---- The movie is based on a novel of the same name.
A rare chance to see a young Elia Kazan in an acting role as a neighborhood pal turned gangster.
James Cagney and Ann Sheridan give a special performance with this end of the Depression era years, which still rings in the memories of many Americans who lived those hard times.
Under the production staff of:
Anatole Litvak [Director/Producer]
John Wexley [Screenwriter]
Aben Kandel [Novel]
William Cagney [Associate Producer]
Hal B. Wallis [Executive Producer]
Max Steiner [Original Film Score]
James Wong Howe [Cinematographer]
Sol Polito [Cinematographer]
William Holmes [Film Editor]
Robert M. Haas [Art Director]
BIOS:
1. Anatole Litvak [Director]
Date of Birth: 10 May 1902 - Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Date of Death: 15 December 1974 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
2. James Cagney [aka: James Francis Cagney]
Date of Birth: 17 July 1899 - New York City, New York
Date of Death: 30 March 1986 - Stanfordville, New York
3. Ann Sheridan [aka: Clara Lou Sheridan]
Date of Birth: 21 February 1915 - Denton, Texas
Date of Death: 21 January 1967 - Los Angeles, California
4. Arthur Kennedy
Date of Birth: 17 February 1914 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Date of Death: 5 January 1990 - Branford, Connecticut
the cast includes:
James Cagney - Danny Kenny
Ann Sheridan - Peggy Nash
Frank Craven - 'Old Timer'
Donald Crisp - Scotty MacPherson
Frank McHugh - 'Mutt'
Arthur Kennedy - Eddie Kenny
George Tobias - 'Pinky'
Jerome Cowan - 'Dutch'
Elia Kazan - 'Googi'
Anthony Quinn - Murray Burns
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 104 min on DVD ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (07/18/2006)
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