City for Conquest (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | William Cagney (associate), Anatole Litvak, Hal B. Wallis (executive) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Boxing |
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City for Conquest (1940) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Anatole Litvak and Jean Negulesco and produced by Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney and Anatole Litvak.
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A couple who split up to pursue individual careers end up as failures. The man's attempt at becoming a boxer ends in blindness and the woman's pursuit of a dancing career is ruined due to an unsavory partner.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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City for Conquest (1940): Starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Arthur Kennedy
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 29, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsUpon being immersed in City for Conquest, it feels like a cast of millions because so many familiar faces make an appearance for any given amount of time. Surely, the most important coupling is James Cagney and Ann Sheridan who are paired much in the same way as Angel With Dirty Faces (1938), playin... Read full article
BEYOND THE COVER BLOGATHON: CITY FOR CONQUEST (1940)
By Caftan Woman on Apr 8, 2016 From Caftan Woman"I worked like a dog on City for Conquest. There were some excellent passages in Kandel's novel, passages with genuinely poetic flavor, and all of us doing the picture realized that retaining them (as we were doing) would give City for Conquest distinction. Then I saw the final cut of the picture,... Read full article
City for Conquest (1940) (2)
By Beatrice on Apr 11, 2014 From Flickers in TimeCity for Conquest Directed by Anatole Litvak Written by John Wexley from the novel by Aben Kandel 1940/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental This is an OK Warner Brothers urban social drama with an outstanding cast. The city is New York and the whole story is framed by a narrator, a la Our... Read full article
"City for Conquest" Starring James Cagney and ... Jack Benny?
By David on Jan 18, 2013 From The Man on the Flying TrapezeBy the time "City for Conquest" was released in 1940, James Cagney had been one of the top stars at Warner Bros. for ten years. The movies that put him in that position -- tough, fast-moving urban dramas with lots of action and snappy dialogue -- were so successful financially, artistically and cult... Read full article
"City for Conquest" Starring James Cagney and ... Jack Benny?
By David on Jan 18, 2013 From The Man on the Flying TrapezeBy the time "City for Conquest" was released in 1940, James Cagney had been one of the top stars at Warner Bros. for ten years. The movies that put him in that position -- tough, fast-moving urban dramas with lots of action and snappy dialogue -- were so successful financially, artistically and cult... Read full article
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Quentin "Baby" Breese a professional boxer and ranked as one of the first ten light weights in the world and losing only 15 of 100 fights in his career was the boxing stand in for James Cagney.
A modern source lists Howard C. Hickman, Edward Pawley and Lucia Carroll as cast members, but they were not seen in the movie.
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