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City for Conquest (1940)

City for Conquest (1940)

Drama Crime Romance

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

Release Date: 1940, September 21
Directors: Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Frank Wilcox, Jack Mower, Oliver Cross, George Ford, Kit Guard, Scott Seaton, Jack Perry, Walter Bacon, Hans Moebus, Ward Bond, John Arledge, Frank Faylen

Overview:

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?

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