Angels with Dirty Faces
Turkish title: Kirli yüzlü melekler
“The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them!”
1938 · 1 h 37 min
Directed by 
Michael Curtiz
Michael CurtizCast
James Cagney 
Pat O'Brien 
Humphrey Bogart 
Ann Sheridan
Credits
Written by: John Wexley
Plot
Two childhood friends take different paths, one becoming a gangster and the other a priest.
Sinekatalog’s take
Michael Curtiz's gangster film pits James Cagney's racketeer against a priest from his old neighbourhood. Its final walk to the electric chair raises the question of heroism versus example.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (25,150 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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