City for Conquest

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?

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  Jean Negulesco
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  Anatole Litvak

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  James Cagney
  Danny Kenny
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  Ann Sheridan
  Peggy Nash
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  Frank Craven
  'Old Timer'
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  Donald Crisp
  Scotty MacPherson
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  Frank McHugh
  'Mutt'
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  Arthur Kennedy
  Eddie Kenny
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  George Tobias
  'Pinky'
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  Jerome Cowan
  'Dutch'
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  Elia Kazan
  'Googi'
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  Anthony Quinn
  Murray Burns
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  Lee Patrick
  Gladys
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  Blanche Yurka
  Mrs. Nash
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  George Lloyd
  'Goldie'
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  Joyce Compton
  Lilly
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  Thurston Hall
  Max Leonard
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  Ben Welden
  Cobb
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  John Arledge
  Salesman
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  Edward Keane
  Gaul
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  Selmer Jackson
  Doctor
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  Joseph Crehan
  Doctor