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Cast

James Cagney
as Danny Kenny

Ann Sheridan
as Peggy Nash

Arthur Kennedy
as Eddie Kenny

Donald Crisp
as Scotty MacPherson

Frank Craven
as Old Timer

Frank McHugh
as Mutt

George Tobias
as Pinky

Blanche Yurka
as Mrs. Nash

Elia Kazan
as Googi

Anthony Quinn
as Murray Burns

Bob Steele
as Callahan

George Lloyd
as Goldie

Jerome Cowan
as Dutch

Lee Patrick
as Gladys

Joyce Compton
as Lilly

Thurston Hall
as Max Leonard

Maggie Hayes

Howard Hickman

Ben Welden
as Cobb

Edward Keane
as Gaul

John Arledge
as Salesman

Selmer Jackson
as Doctor

Joseph Crehan
as Doctor

Billy Wayne
as Henchman

Pat Flaherty
as Floor Guard

Sidney Miller
as M.C.

Ethelreda Leopold
as Dressing room blonde

Lee Phelps
as Ring Announcer

Charles C. Wilson
as Bill - Man Behind MacPherson at Fight

Edward Gargan
as Joe - Foreman

Murray Alper
as Taxi Driver

Dick Wessel
as Cab Driver by Fire

Bernice Pilot
as Della - Peggy's Maid

Charles Lane
as Al - Dance Team Manager

Selmar Jackson
as Doctor

Margaret Hayes
as Sally - Irene's Friend

Edward Pawley

William Newell
as Max's Lyricist

Lucia Carroll

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Audience Reviews for City for Conquest

• Jul 02, 2011

  Good film with James Cagney in the lead. A boxer who is a good man just trying to earn a living as a boxer(but retires due to partial blindness), has a close girlfriend who betrays the Cagney character and then goes back to him for forgiveness, Cagney's character--a brother who is musically talented, and the corruption of American boxing. The film drags when Cagney's character's brother plays that long orchestra concert and then makes that long speech dedicating the music to the Cagney character. That deserves to be elsewhere and it drags the picture since it is not needed. It is not needed because, in a way one of the least few characters is now focused and should be focused more on Cagney. The ending is typical Hollywood stuff but that's what audiences at that partucular time would expect, since it's a studio picture produced by Warner Bros...
  Brian R Super Reviewer
• Sep 05, 2010

  I love these old boxer movies, Cagney is perfect for this part too. I loved this movie it's really dramatic and exciting. I highly recommend it.
  Aj V Super Reviewer
• Feb 04, 2009

  Ann Sheridan is on a quest for fame and fortune. Jimmy Cagney is on a quest for Ann Sheridan. A terrific little rags to riches to rags story replete with music and boxing and a dancing Anthony Quinn.
  Randy T Super Reviewer
• Nov 13, 2007

  One for the sentimentalists -- like me : ) Almost an unhappy ending, but they manage to pull it out. One of Cagney's "softer" roles, demonstrating his versatility. Sheridan is okay as the love almost lost, but her energy level struggles to keep up with Cagney's. A wonderful supporting job by many, and especially so for Elia Kazan as Googie Zucco. Perhaps best of all is the remarkable soundtrack that is powerfully reminiscent of Gershwin.
  Lanning : Super Reviewer

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