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City for Conquest

A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!

6.9(38)19401h 44m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • new york city
  • blindness and impaired vision
  • dancing
  • composer
  • truck driver
  • audience
  • carnegie hall
  • boxing

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereCincinnati, Ohio19 Sept 1940
    • TheatricalNR21 Sept 1940

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City for Conquest was released on 21 September 1940.

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    talisencrw

    4/13/2016

    9/10

    I'm unashamedly a James Cagney enthusiast--in fact, he's my very favourite actor (like me, he's at least part-Irish, and he's more versatile than Orson Welles), so yes, I tend to be overly generous when I'm watching his films. But I really enjoyed this gangster/boxing hybrid film from the early 40's that, not only sported great acting by Cagney but also had wonderful performances by Ann Sheridan (I'm rather fond of r…

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    John Chard

    3/1/2020

    8/10

    Powerhouse Cagney in melodramatic heart-tugger. If taken purely on script alone the film only amounts up to the usual fare we have seen a zillion times over the years. The basic formula being that two brothers are taking different paths in career choices and the elder brother is doing all he can to help realise his younger brother's dream of being a composer, yet thankfully here the film has a great deal more to o…

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