Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their FacesBilly, Huntz, Leo and other scrappy kids of slum ridden Beale Street have gone and done it. They've won the Boys Week competition and the right to hold honorary offices as mayor, police chief and the like. With the help of an earnest deputy D. A., the gang aims to use their symbolic powers to free a wrongly jailed pal and bring down an arson racket that's blighting the neighborhood. The Dead End Kids return in a comedy drama that revisits the

right before the outbreak of the Civil War

Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) directs Spencer Tracy at the head of a terrifically talented ensemble that includes such notables as Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy (their first appearance together)

Other notables include future Charlie Chan-series star Sidney Toler as the murderous speakeasy proprietor and Robert Armstrong as a rival columnist

The Winning of Barbara Worth "blends romance and drama most effectively" (Los Angeles Times) into a touching

The few men who stand against this injustice are branded as outlaws and forced to fight for their homes and for their very lives

Once upon a time

Broadway - hello

Flynn's rakish persona

Competing for the honor are three doctors

then is forced to trade her body for survival in an uncaring world

A splendid supporting cast -- including TV heartthrob Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills

creating a sparkling musical comedy that received three Oscar® nominations: Best B&W Cinematography