Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Angels with Dirty Faces" yakabudiswa pana November 28, 1938, kuongororo dzakanaka. Pa 11th Academy Awards
, firimu racho rakasarudzwa muzvikamu zvitatu: Best Actor (Cagney), Best Director (Curtiz), uye Best Story (Brown). "Angels with Dirty Faces" inofungidzirwa navamwe kuva rimwe ramafirimu akanakisisa enguva dzose, uye inorangarirwa zvikuru kuva nhambo inotsanangura mubasa raCagney. Yakasarudzwa neAmerican Film Institute muna2008, uye yakavhotwa 67th mune runyorwa rwe "100 Best Film Noirs yeNguva Dzose" ne "Slant Magazine" muna 2015.