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A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!
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The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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Directed by: Sol Polito, Anatole Litvak, James Wong Howe
Produced by: Anatole Litvak, Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney
Composed by: Max Steiner
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