City for Conquest (1941)

Ann Sheridan and James Cagney give it their all in this. Two brothers, and several friends from the "old neighborhood" try to make it big in the Big Apple. Cagney plays the unambitious one, an average Joe who unlike his dance-crazy sweetheart and composer brother just wants to live a quiet life, but goes back into the Ring to help them both. Notable for some great supporting acting from Anthony Quinn - as Sheridan's Controlling Dance Partner - and Eliza Kazan as a Gangster. The movie suffers from the sluggish pacing at the end, and some Corny, over-done Melodrama, but the great acting makes up for it. Recommended for Cagney fans.