---
title: 'City for Conquest (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anatole Litvak'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-for-conquest-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032342/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# City for Conquest (1940)

1940 · 104 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

City for Conquest is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. The film is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Aben Kandel. The supporting cast features Elia Kazan, Anthony Quinn, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Frank Craven and Lee Patrick.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Producer:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Screenplay:** [John Wexley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wexley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe), [Sol Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-polito)
- **Editor:** [William Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holmes)

## Cast

- [William Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-marshall-2)
- [Victor Kilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-kilian)
- [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler)
- [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney)
- [Arthur Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-kennedy)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Murray Alper](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-alper)
- [Bob Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-steele)
- [Frank McHugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mchugh)
- [Margaret Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hayes)
- [Ann Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-sheridan)
- [Lee Phelps](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-phelps)
- [Joseph Crehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-crehan)
- [Charles Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lane)
- [Frank Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-craven)

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