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Angels with Dirty Faces

1938 film by Michael Curtiz
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Angels with Dirty Faces
Warner Brothers. Photographer not credited · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Angels with Dirty Faces is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,254 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Michael Curtiz[3]
  • Screenwriter: Ben Hecht[4], Rowland Brown[5], John Wexley[6], Charles MacArthur[7]
  • Composer: Max Steiner[8]
  • Genre: drama film[9], crime film[10], prison film[11], suspense film[12], thriller film[13], crime thriller film[14], crime drama film[15], film noir[16], gangster film[17], action film[18], war film[19], melodrama[20]
  • Cast member: James Cagney[21], Pat O'Brien[22], Humphrey Bogart[23], Ann Sheridan[24], George Bancroft[25], Dead End Kids[26], Charles Trowbridge[27], Huntz Hall[28], Lane Chandler[29], Leo Gorcey[30], Mary Gordon[31], Oscar O'Shea[32], Vera Lewis[33], Billy Halop[34]
  • Producer: Samuel Bischoff[35]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[36], Warner Bros. Pictures[37]
  • Director of photography: Sol Polito[38]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[39]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[40]
  • Commons category: Angels with Dirty Faces (film)[41]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[42]
  • Review score: 8.1/10[43], 100%[44]
  • Color: black-and-white[45]
  • Country of origin: United States[46]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1938[47], November 26, 1938[48], May 7, 1965[49]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[50], Netflix[51]
  • Narrative location: New York City[52]
  • Main subject: organized crime[53], capital punishment[54]
  • Film editor: Owen Marks[55]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Angels with Dirty Faces include Thugs with Dirty Mugs[56], an animated short film[57], directed by Tex Avery[58].

Why It Matters

Angels with Dirty Faces has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for it include Thugs with Dirty Mugs[56], an animated short film[57], directed by Tex Avery[58].

Related Entities

Ann Sheridan Ben Hecht film George Bancroft Humphrey Bogart James Cagney Max Steiner Michael Curtiz Netflix New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'f
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 9w ago · Davidultra · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinema.de id → 88693
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Robert M. Haas
    Publication date → +1938-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1938-11-26T00:00:00Z, +1965-05-07T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Ben Hecht, Rowland Brown, John Wexley +1
    Part of → National Film Registry
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