Film Forum

(1938, Michael Curtiz) Two slum kids grow up to be James Cagney and Pat O’Brien – guess which becomes the priest and which the gangster – with Ann Sheridan as their mutual old flame, Humphrey Bogart as the inevitably slimy lawyer, and The Dead End Kids as hood hero worshippers. But does Cagney (Oscar-nominated and NYC Critics’ Best Actor) turn yella on route to the chair? DCP. Approx. 97 min.