
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. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
Release Date: 1940-09-21
Romance
Drama
Crime
★★★★★★★★★★ (32 votes)
Casts

James Cagney
as Danny Kenny

Ann Sheridan
as Peggy Nash

Frank Craven
as 'Old Timer'

Donald Crisp
as Scotty MacPherson

Frank McHugh
as 'Mutt'

Arthur Kennedy
as Eddie Kenny

George Tobias
as 'Pinky'

Jerome Cowan
as 'Dutch'

Elia Kazan
as 'Googi'

Anthony Quinn
as Murray Burns