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City Streets

  • 19311931
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.7K
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Gary Cooper, William 'Stage' Boyd, and Sylvia Sidney in City Streets (1931)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
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IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
    • Rouben Mamoulian
    • Dashiell Hammett(story)
    • Max Marcin(adaptation)
    • Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gary Cooper
    • Sylvia Sidney
    • Paul Lukas
    • Rouben Mamoulian
    • Dashiell Hammett(story)
    • Max Marcin(adaptation)
    • Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gary Cooper
    • Sylvia Sidney
    • Paul Lukas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 64User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney in City Streets (1931)
    Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney in City Streets (1931)
    Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney in City Streets (1931)
    Gary Cooper and William 'Stage' Boyd in City Streets (1931)
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    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • The Kid
    Sylvia Sidney
    Sylvia Sidney
    • Nan Cooley
    Paul Lukas
    Paul Lukas
    • Big Fellow Maskal
    William 'Stage' Boyd
    William 'Stage' Boyd
    • McCoy
    • (as William Boyd)
    Wynne Gibson
    Wynne Gibson
    • Agnes
    Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    • Pop Cooley
    Stanley Fields
    Stanley Fields
    • Blackie
    Betty Sinclair
    Betty Sinclair
    • Pansy
    Robert Homans
    Robert Homans
    • Police Inspector
    Barbara Leonard
    Barbara Leonard
    • Esther March
    Terry Carroll
    Terry Carroll
    • Prison Inmate
    • (uncredited)
    Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    • Cop
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Norman Foster
    Norman Foster
    • Shooting Gallery Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Paulette Goddard
    Paulette Goddard
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Bert Hanlon
    • Baldy
    • (uncredited)
    A.R. Haysel
    • Fourth Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Matty Kemp
    Matty Kemp
    • Man Stabbed with Fork
    • (uncredited)
      • Rouben Mamoulian
      • Dashiell Hammett(story)
      • Max Marcin(adaptation)
      • Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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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
      Near the beginning of the film, in the sequence of the hat floating on the water, there is a small amount of water in the hat in a close-up shot (to see the owner's initials), but there is no water in the hat in longer shots.
    • 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

    User reviews64

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    8/10
    A MUST for grit and noir fans!!!!!!!!!
    If it had been made 2 years later it would have been BANNED! The number one MUST SEE recommendation of the day!. The best Rouben Mamoulian film I have seen this far (have but have not yet seen J+H).

    There's no wonder why this film got less than 200 votes. A bigger greyzone that could not care less about what's proper would not be seen again until the 60's. As morally ambiguous and dark as 70's grit but with a certain charm as well. Of course this had to lay low in the later 30's and sadly it does not appear to have been re-discovered.

    Seriously. This got it all. Great actors: Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney and the this time not so lovable Guy Kibbee. And a mighty good director. This far I haven't been RM's biggest fans but I have liked his films a lot and with this he steps into a new league. One of the best 30's films I have ever seen! This is something I never thought even existed! 9.5/10
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    • Release date
      • April 18, 1931 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 23 minutes
      • Black and White

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