Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E wepụtara "Angels with Dirty Faces" na November 28, 1938, bụ́ nke ndị mmadụ tụlere nke ọma. Na
Na 11th Academy Awards, a họpụtara ihe nkiri ahụ na ngalaba atọ: Best Actor (Cagney), Best Director (Curtiz), na Best Story (Brown). "Angels with Dirty Faces" bụ nke ụfọdụ ndị na-ele anya dị ka otu n'ime ihe nkiri kachasị mma n'oge niile, a na-elekwa ya anya dị ka oge dị mkpa na ọrụ Cagney. Ụlọ ọrụ American Film Institute họpụtara ya na 2008, ma họpụta ya nke iri isii na asaa na ndepụta nke "100 Best Film Noirs of All Time" site na "Slant Magazine" na 2015.