Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
★ 7.5 IMDb · 364 votes
Year: 1938
Runtime: 97 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Майкл Кёртиц
Cast: Джеймс Кэгни, Pat O'Brien, Хамфри Богарт, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall
Plot
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.
Boyhood friends Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly have taken different paths in life. After Rocky is arrested, he is sent to a juvenile facility and becomes a lifelong tough guy and criminal; meanwhile, Jerry goes straight and becomes a Catholic priest ministering to people in the same neighborhood where he and Rocky grew up. Rocky is released from prison, and he resumes his criminal lifestyle and becomes much admired by many of the local kids. Worried that the kids will follow Rocky into the criminal world, Jerry works hard to keep them on the straight and narrow. After Rocky is convicted and sentenced to the electric chair, Jerry asks him for one last favor.