Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Mala'iku tare da Dirty Faces" an sake shi a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba, 1938, don kyakkyawan bita. A 11th Academy Awards
, an zabi fim din a cikin rukuni uku: Mafi kyawun Actor (Cagney), Mafi kyawun Daraktan (Curtiz), da Mafi kyawun Labari (Brown). "Mala'iku tare da Dirty Faces" wasu sunyi la'akari da kasancewa daya daga cikin fina-finai mafi kyau a kowane lokaci, kuma ana ganin shi a matsayin lokaci mai mahimmanci a cikin aikin Cagney. Cibiyar Nazarin Fim ta Amurka ta zaɓe shi a cikin 2008, kuma an zaɓe shi a matsayin na 67 a cikin jerin "100 Mafi kyawun Fim ɗin Noirs na Duk Lokaci" ta "Slant Magazine" a cikin 2015.