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

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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

City Streets is amazingly modern technically speaking for a movie made in 1931. Also who could not be mesmerized, enthralled by Gary Cooper's powerful magnetism, galvanizing the audience attention. The plot is quite elaborate and clear. The scenarios, decor, are exceptional in every detail. All the actors are above average. I keep guessing how the director and his staff, including editing, sound, lighting, photography, could have been so brilliant. I couldn't find a flaw, understanding that the scenes in the road(bumpy ride) with the large motion pictures screen on the background was the best they could get in 1931. All in all I found this movie superb and so much alive thanks to Gary Cooper charisma.