Ia tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - "Angels with Dirty Faces" na tatalaina iā Novema 28, 1938, ma sa maua ai ni iloiloga lelei. I le 11th Academy Awards
, na filifilia ai le ata i vaega e tolu: Best Actor (Cagney), Best Director (Curtiz), ma Best Story (Brown). O le "Angels with Dirty Faces" ua manatu nisi o se tasi o ata sili ona lelei i taimi uma, ma ua manatu i ai o se taimi taua i le galuega a Cagney. Na filifilia e le American Film Institute i le 2008, ma na palotaina lona 67 i le lisi o le "100 Best Film Noirs of All Time" e le "Slant Magazine" i le 2015.