City for Conquest
A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
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?
- Year: 1940
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Romance, Drama, Crime
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: new york city, blindness and impaired vision, dancing, composer, truck driver, audience, carnegie hall, boxing
- Director: Jean Negulesco, Anatole Litvak
- Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy