Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 crime drama about two childhood friends from a New York slum who take opposite paths: Rocky Sullivan becomes a gangster, while Jerry Connolly becomes a priest. The film's synopsis centers on their reunion as adults when Father Jerry tries to keep a group of local street kids from falling under the charismatic influence of the now-infamous Rocky, setting up a dramatic clash between the two friends over the fate of the youths.