What is City for Conquest?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = City of Conquest | image = | caption = | director = Anatole Litvak<br />Jean Negulesco (uncredited) | producer = William Cagney<br />Anatole Litvak<br />Hal B. Wallis (uncredited) | writer = Aben Kandel (novel)<br />John Wexley (screenplay) | starring = [[James Cagney]]<br />[[Ann Sheridan]]<br />[[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]]<br />[[Frank Craven]]<br />[[Anthony Quinn]]<br />[[Elia Kazan]] | music = Max Steiner | cinematography = Jeffrey Kimball | editing = Brent White | studio = [[Warner Bros.]] | distributor = [[RKO Radio Pictures]] | released = September 21, 1940 | runtime = 104 min. | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = | gross = $13,250,000 }} '''''City for Conquest''''' is a 1940 [[boxing]]-[[drama]] movie that is produced by William Cagney, Anatole Litvak and Hal B. Wallis who was uncredited and was directed by [[Anatole Litvak]] and Jean Negulesco who was uncredited. == Plot == The movie based on the novel ''City for Conquest'' by Aben Kandel and is about truck driver, Danny Kenny (James Cagney), who starts as a New York boxing contender. His girlfriend, Peggy is played by Ann Sheridan. Danny's brother, Eddie wants to become a professional musician and Danny decides to help him. Peggy falls in love with her dancing instructor and Danny proposes to her but she rejects him. Danny gets blinded in a fight with a boxer who put rosin dust on his gloves. Danny works as an operator for a newspaper stand and Peggy is sad when her dreams of a dancer are dashed. Eddie becomes a successful composer and dedicates his first major symphony at Carnegie Hall to Danny and Danny is listening to the concert on the radio from his newsstand. == Cast == * [[James Cagney]] as Danny Kenny * [[Ann Sheridan]] as Peggy 'Peg' Nash * [[Arthur Kennedy]] as Eddie Kenny * [[Frank Craven]] as Old Timer * [[Anthony Quinn]] as Murray Burns