5.9
5 Against the House
1955
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.
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.
James CagneyRocky Sullivan
Pat O'BrienJerry Connolly
Humphrey BogartJames Frazier
Ann SheridanLaury Ferguson
George BancroftMac Keefer
Billy HalopSoapy
Bobby JordanSwing
Leo GorceyBim
Gabriel DellPasty
Huntz HallCrab
Bernard PunslyHunky
Joe DowningSteve
Edward PawleyEdwards
Adrian MorrisBlackie
William TracyJerry - as a Boy
Marilyn KnowldenLaury - as a Child
Poppy WildeGirl at Gaming Table
Mary GordonA simply outstanding unique take on the tried-and-true gangster yarn by the incredible team of James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan. Another masterpiece by the little-heralded director Michael Curtiz.
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