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Aug. 11, 2026
In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, Sidey and Dan review Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Michael Curtiz’s classic gangster drama starring James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan. The discussion covers Rocky Sullivan’s rise from street kid to celebrity gangster, Father Jerry’s attempt to save the neighbourhood boys, the Dead End Kids, Bogart’s villainous Frazier, the film’s Depression-era setting, its influence on Home Alone’s Angels with Filthy Souls, and the famous final scene in which Rocky appears to turn coward on the way to the electric chair.