City for Conquest (1940)
1940 film by Anatole Litvak
- Released
- 1940
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Screenplay
- John Wexley
- Producer
- Anatole Litvak
- Music
- Max Steiner
- Cinematography
- James Wong Howe, Sol Polito
- Editing
- William Holmes
- Starring
- James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy, Frank Craven, Anthony Quinn, Elia Kazan, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Entertainment, Netflix
- Set in
- New York City
City for Conquest is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. The film is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Aben Kandel. The supporting cast features Elia Kazan, Anthony Quinn, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Frank Craven and Lee Patrick.
Cast
- James Cagney
- Ann Sheridan
- Arthur Kennedy
- Frank Craven
- Anthony Quinn
- Elia Kazan
- Donald Crisp
- Frank McHugh
- George Tobias
- Thurston Hall
- Lee Patrick
- Charles Lane
- Frank Faylen
- Frank Wilcox
- Jerome Cowan
- Joseph Crehan
- Joyce Compton
- Lee Phelps
- Margaret Hayes
- Victor Kilian
- Ward Bond
- William Marshall
- Wade Boteler
- Murray Alper
- Bob Steele
- Edward Gargan
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1428084 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.