City for Conquest

About City for Conquest

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.

City for Conquest (1940) is a crime romance film directed by Anatole Litvak and Jean Negulesco. Its themes are dancing, boxing, composer, and truck driver.

James Cagney appears as Danny Kenny, Ann Sheridan as Peggy Nash, Frank Craven as 'Old Timer', and Donald Crisp as Scotty MacPherson. It runs 104 minutes and was released in September 1940.

The screenplay is by John Wexley.

Daredevil, Raging Bull, and Scent of a Woman make useful companions to City for Conquest, all filed under blindness and impaired vision and new york city. It carries a NR rating.