City Streets

1931
Passed
1h 23m

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Gary Cooper, William 'Stage' Boyd, and Sylvia Sidney in City Streets (1931)

Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.

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7.0/10

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Awards
- 1 win total

Top cast35

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Gary Cooper

The Kid

Sylvia Sidney

Nan Cooley

Paul Lukas

Big Fellow Maskal

William 'Stage' Boyd

McCoy
(as William Boyd)

Wynne Gibson

Agnes

Guy Kibbee

Pop Cooley

Stanley Fields

Blackie

Betty Sinclair

Pansy

Robert Homans

Police Inspector

Barbara Leonard

Esther March

Terry Carroll

Prison Inmate
(uncredited)

Allan Cavan

Cop
(uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Norman Foster

Shooting Gallery Patron
(uncredited)

Paulette Goddard

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Bert Hanlon

Baldy
(uncredited)

A.R. Haysel

Fourth Henchman
(uncredited)

Matty Kemp

Man Stabbed with Fork
(uncredited)

Director
- Rouben Mamoulian
Writers
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Trivia
This was Clara Bow's last film on her five-year contract, but due to her nervous breakdown, Sylvia Sidney replaced her after Nancy Carroll declined the part.

Goofs
When the henchman is talking to the out-of-town hit men, he gives Pop's address as beginning with a "6" before the scene cuts away. In the next scene, the address of the building is "165".

Quotes
The Kid: [after refraining from killing the hitmen sent after him] Go home and tell your mommas you've been born again tonight.

Connections
Featured in Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)

Soundtracks
Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)
(uncredited)
Music by Juventino Rosas
Played at the shooting gallery

A MUST for grit and noir fans!!!!!!!!!

If it had been made 2 years later it would have been BANNED! The number one MUST SEE recommendation of the day!. The best Rouben Mamoulian film I have seen this far (have but have not yet seen J+H).

There's no wonder why this film got less than 200 votes. A bigger greyzone that could not care less about what's proper would not be seen again until the 60's. As morally ambiguous and dark as 70's grit but with a certain charm as well. Of course this had to lay low in the later 30's and sadly it does not appear to have been re-discovered.

Seriously. This got it all. Great actors: Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney and the this time not so lovable Guy Kibbee. And a mighty good director. This far I haven't been RM's biggest fans but I have liked his films a lot and with this he steps into a new league. One of the best 30's films I have ever seen! This is something I never thought even existed! 9.5/10