Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Cast
James Cagney
Rocky Sullivan
Pat O'Brien
Jerry Connolly
Humphrey Bogart
James Frazier
Ann Sheridan
Laury Ferguson
George Bancroft
Mac Keefer
Billy Halop
Soapy
Bobby Jordan
Swing
Leo Gorcey
Bim
Gabriel Dell
Pasty
Huntz Hall
Crab
Bernard Punsly
Hunky
Joe Downing
Steve
Edward Pawley
Edwards
Adrian Morris
Blackie
Frankie Burke
Rocky - as a Boy
William Tracy
Jerry - as a Boy
Marilyn Knowlden
Laury - as a Child
Poppy Wilde
Girl at Gaming Table
Michael Stark
Unknown
Mary Gordon
Unknown
Belle Mitchell
Unknown
Oscar O'Shea
Unknown
Emory Parnell
Unknown
Charles Trowbridge
Unknown
Charles C. Wilson
Unknown
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Charles MacArthur
Writer
Ben Hecht
Writer
Warren Duff
Screenplay
John Wexley
Screenplay
Rowland Brown
Story
Owen Marks
Editor
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Sherry Shourds
Assistant Director
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Samuel Bischoff
Producer
Steve Trilling
Casting
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Everett Alton Brown
Sound
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Harold Noyes
Grip
Frank Flanagan
Gaffer
Frank Mattison
Unit Manager
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
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