City for Conquest

A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
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DVD Details

  • "Warner Night At The Movies" Short Subjects Gallery
  • Featurettes, Shorts & Classic Cartoons
  • Audio Commentary
  • Blooper Reels
  • Trailers
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 18, 2006
  • Originally Released: 1940
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 573
Rating: B- -- The heartwrenching tearjerker love story surfaces at the end as a winner by a narrow decision. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jul 22, 2006
Rating: 2/5 -- Uunevenly paced, mounts slowly to a sizzling prizefight sequence, which comes somewhere about the middle, then sags off to a long-drawn, agonized finish. Full Review
New York Times
Mar 25, 2006
Cagney's marvellous performance almost saves the mawkish ending. Full Review
Film4
May 24, 2003
Picture carries plenty of dramatic punch. Full Review
Variety
Nov 1, 2007
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Litvak's careful poduction overcomes any flaws. Full Review
TV Guide
Nov 1, 2007

Description by OLDIES.com:

The famed tale of boxing fury and brotherly sacrifice...

Ex-Golden Gloves fighter Danny Kenny has it all worked out. He'll turn pro to bankroll his brother's dream of writing a symphonic paean to the teeming city where they both live: New York. But life pulls the sidewalk out from under Danny when he's blinded during a brutal 15-round welterweight title bout.

James Cagney plays Danny in this heart-tugging melodrama co-starring Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn, film-debuting Arthur Kennedy and, in a rare acting turn before becoming a director, Elia Kazan. Among familiar studio players, there's an unbilled one: a vivid backlot and rear-screen Manhattan. "Sometimes we wonder," The New York Times' Bosley Crowther wrote, "whether it wasn't really the Warner brothers who got New York from the Indians, so diligent and devoted have they been in feeling the great city's pulse."

Product Description:

Based on the novel by Aben Kandel, CITY FOR CONQUEST tells the heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny (James Cagney) and Peggy Nash (Ann Sheridan), two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives on the Lower East Side of 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 in a nightclub (with sleazy partner Murray, as played by the commanding Anthony Quinn). However, tragedy soon strikes and it appears that the two might never be reunited. With a beautiful, ironic ending, excellent dialogue, and strong, poignant performances, CITY FOR CONQUEST is one of director Anatole Litvak's most inspired films.

Description by Warner Home Video:

City for Conquest
Ex-Golden Gloves fighter Danny Kenny has it all worked out. He'll turn pro to bankroll his brother's dream of writing a symphonic paean to the teeming city where they both live: New York. But life pulls the sidewalk out from under Danny when he's blinded during a brutal 15-round welterweight title bout.
James Cagney plays Danny in this heart-tugging melodrama co-starring Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn, film-debuting Arthur Kennedy and in a rare acting turn before becoming a director, Elia Kazan. Among familiar studio players, there's an unbilled one: a vivid backlot and rear-screen Manhattan. "Sometimes we wonder," The New York Times' Bosley Crowther wrote, "whether it wasn't really the Warner brothers who got New York from the Indians, so diligent and devoted have they been in feeling the great city's pulse."

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 120,752
  • UPC: 012569791770
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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