Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 American gangster film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by John Wexley and Warren Duff based on the story by Rowland Brown. The film chronicles the relationship of the notorious gangster William "Rocky" Sullivan with his childhood friend and now priest Father Jerry Connolly. After spending fifteen years in prison fo

The infamous grapefruit scene in THE PUBLIC ENEMY ('31) was actually a practical joke James Cagney and Mae Clarke played on the crew. Director William A. Wellman decided to keep it in the final film. After its release, women's groups around America protested the on-screen abuse of Clarke. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM