City For Conquest.

James Cagney plays a truck driver named Danny Kenny who was once a New York City Golden Gloves boxing champion. Ann Sheridan plays Danny's longtime girlfriend, Peggy, a talented dancer. Peggy rejects Danny's proposal in a letter as her dancing career is advancing rapidly. In the title fight in which he was winning, Danny is deliberately blinded by his opponent's unscrupulous seconds who have placed rosin dust onto the champion's gloves.

Credits

Cast
James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven

Copyright

Complete catalog record
CITY FOR CONQUEST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 12 reels, sd. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. An Anatole Litvak production. From the novel by Aben Kandel. Credits: Director, Anatole Litvak; screenplay, John Wexley; music, Max Steiner. © Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 21Aug40; LP9924.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q1428084 ↗ — color, country