Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

Genres: Crime, Drama

What to watch after Angels with Dirty Faces

• The Roaring Twenties (1939) — Same subject: gangster
• White Heat (1949)
• Mildred Pierce (1945) — Michael Curtiz directed both
• Scarface (1932) — Same subject: gangster, film noir
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) — Humphrey Bogart appears in both
• Dead End (1937) — Same subject: dead end kids, juvenile delinquent