| Product Summary | | Publisher: Warner | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00012569791770 | | Buy.com Sku: 202591911 | | Item#: V2DC66 | | Category Keywords: Buddies Romance | | Rating: NR |
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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Ex-Golden Gloves fighter Danny Kenny has it all worked out. He'll turn pro to bankroll his brother's dream of writing a symphonic paean to the teeming city where they both live: New York. But life pulls the sidewalk out from under Danny when he's blinded during a brutal 15-round welterweight title bout. James Cagney plays Danny in this heart-tugging melodrama co-starring Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn, film-debuting Arthur Kennedy and in a rare acting turn before becoming a director, Elia Kazan. Among familiar studio players, there's an unbilled one: a vivid backlot and rear-screen Manhattan. "Sometimes we wonder," The New York Times' Bosley Crowther wrote, "whether it wasn't really the Warner brothers who got New York from the Indians, so diligent and devoted have they been in feeling the great city's pulse." Running Time: 104 min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"This heart-tugger portrays a scrappy boxer sacrificing himself..." Sanderson Beck, Movie Mirror
Editor's Note
Based on the novel by Aben Kandel, CITY FOR CONQUEST tells the heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny (James Cagney) and Peggy Nash (Ann Sheridan), two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives on the Lower East Side of 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 in a nightclub (with sleazy partner Murray, as played by the commanding Anthony Quinn). However, tragedy soon strikes and it appears that the two might never be reunited. With a beautiful, ironic ending, excellent dialogue, and strong, poignant performances, CITY FOR CONQUEST is one of director Anatole Litvak's most inspired films.
Plot Summary
A poignant and absorbing look at love, deprivation, and, ultimately, hope, CITY FOR CONQUEST showcases the dynamic James Cagney as Danny, a truck driver turned boxer, and Ann Sheridan as Peggy, an aspiring dancer. When the devoted couple go their separate ways and try to rise out of the poverty in the ghetto of New York's Lower East Side, tragedy ensues.
| Features | Warner Night At The Movies: 5 Selections Of Shorts, Cartoons, & Trailers & Newsreels | | A 1942 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast | | Audio Commentary By Richard Schickel | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Featurette: Molls & Dolls - The Women Of Gangster Films | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | WB Short: Breakdowns Of 1940 |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 7/18/2006 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1940 | | Catalog ID: 79177 | | UPC: 00012569791770 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.37:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | Classic Film Guide 9 of 10
Directed by Anatole Litvak (The Snake Pit (1948) & Decision Before Dawn (1951)), this above average boxing drama features an all-star cast that includes James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy, George Tobias, Jerome Cowan, Elia Kazan (that's right, the future Oscar winning director - On the Waterfront (1954)), Anthony Quinn, Lee Patrick, and the list goes on, including lesser knowns who were uncredited like Edward Gargan. John Wexley's screenplay was based on Aben Kandel's novel. Its ending should leave a tear in your eye.
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