Angels With Dirty Faces

Year: 1938

Grade: B+

Country: USA

Director: Curtiz

Review

a fine all-around film. it’s an early gangster/noir that functions well on several different levels. it’s a good human level drama (with comic relief) – the story of two boys – each with a similar starting point, but very different lives. one becomes a priest and the other becomes an infamous gangster. on another level it’s about the potential of individuals, fate, and circumstance. it’s a picture that incites laughter, pity, sympathy and thought, and for this reason it’s a classic.