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Rocky Sullivan and the Dead End Kids.

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Angels with Dirty Faces" is a classic 1937 movie. It is an American crime film directed by Michael Curtiz with the talents of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film tells the story of two childhood friends, Rocky Sullivan (Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien), who grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a rough and impoverished neighborhood in New York City.  Rocky and Jerry hang out together. On one particular day, they are trying to steal some items from a train. They break in on one of the wagons but are soon discovered by a train foreman. The foreman summons the police while the boys make a run for it. Rocky gets caught while Jerry escapes. As a result, he spends time in a reform school.   Years pass by, and Rocky becomes a notorious gangster. He connects with a crooked lawyer named James Frazier (Humphrey Bogart). He and Frazier are into shady criminal dealings. The lawyer, trying to save himself, convinces his client Rocky to take the blame and do time. Sullivan accep...