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Lobby card for City for Conquest shows Ann Sheridan embracing James Cagney, both smiling, with their names in red at the top and the movie title in yellow at the bottom.
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City for Conquest

film by Litvak [1940]
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Lobby card for City for Conquest shows Ann Sheridan embracing James Cagney, both smiling, with their names in red at the top and the movie title in yellow at the bottom.
lobby card for City for Conquest James Cagney and Ann Sheridan on a lobby card for City for Conquest (1940), directed by Anatole Litvak.

The film City for Conquest, directed by Anatole Litvak in 1940, is a gritty melodrama. It stars James Cagney as a boxer who sacrifices his career to support his younger brother's musical aspirations. Ann Sheridan plays Cagney's girlfriend, and Elia Kazan has a supporting role as a gangster. The film was produced by Warner Brothers.1

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  1. Anatole Litvak
  2. Jack Conway

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