Angels with Dirty Faces
The saga of America’s dirty faced kids... and the breaks that life won’t give them!
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $2M
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Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
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Box Office & Release
Angels with Dirty Faces returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $633,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Nov 26, 1938
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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