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==Release== ===Theatrical=== The film premiered on November 26, 1938,<ref name=HansonP60>Hanson, p. 60.</ref> at the Majestic Theater in Reno, Nevada.<ref name=NStateJournal>NSJ Staff. "Angels with Dirty Faces", ''[[Nevada State Journal]]'', p. 2, published November 26, 1938. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref> ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' grossed $1.7 million from the worldwide box office, and is said to have been a financial success. Analysts claim that if it were not for ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' and two other films directed by Curtiz that year (''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' and ''[[Four Daughters (1938 film)|Four Daughters]]''), Warner Bros. would have lost a considerable amount of money, resulting in negative turnover for the company's 1938 fiscal year.<ref name="RobertsonP47/48"/> ===Home media=== In 1983, ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' was released on [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] by CBS/Fox Video.<ref name=PDans>Dans, p. 350.</ref> In February 2005, a digitally-remastered version of the film was released on [[DVD]].<ref name=DVD>Kipp, Jeremiah. [https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/angels-with-dirty-faces "Angels with Dirty Faces"], ''[[Slant Magazine]]'', published February 2, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2017.</ref> The release was part of the "James Cagney Collection",<ref name=Dailytel>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3637983/DVDs-of-the-week-The-James-Cagney-Collection-and-more.html "DVDs of the week: The James Cagney Collection and more"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', published February 28, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2017.</ref> in which a number of special bonus features were made available, including: audio commentary by film historian Dana Polan, an "Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?" featurette, a radio production, film trailers, and a short film titled "Warner Night at the Movies" with film critic and historian [[Leonard Maltin]].<ref name=DVD/> In December 2021, [[Warner Archive Collection]] released a [[Blu-ray]] version of film, newly restored in HD using a 4K scan from the original camera negative, accompanied by all the same bonus material from the 2005 DVD release.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millard |first1=Tim |title="Angels with Dirty Faces" with author Alan K. Rode and George Feltenstein |url=https://www.theextras.tv/podcasts/blog-post-awdf-12821 |website=The Extras |publisher=Otaku Media |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller III |first1=Randy |title=Angles with Dirty Faces Blu-Ray (Warner Archive Collection) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Angels-with-Dirty-Faces-Blu-ray/43678/ |website=Blu-Ray.com |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> ===Adaptations in other media=== ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' has been adapted into two radio plays. The first was the May 22, 1939, broadcast of ''[[Lux Radio Theater]]'', with Cagney and O'Brien reprising their film roles;<ref name=Neibauer173>Neibaur, p. 173.</ref> the second on the September 19, 1941, broadcast of the ''[[Philip Morris Playhouse]]'', starring [[Sylvia Sidney]].<ref name=Harrisburg>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2857524/harrisburg_telegraph/ Paper Clipping from page 17 of the September 19, 1941, edition of the ''Harrisburg Telegraph''], ''[[Newspapers.com|www.newspapers.com]]'', published July 21, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.</ref> In 1995, an Indian version of the film was released, called ''[[Ram Jaane]]''. It starred [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] as Rocky, and carried out the original story from start to finish, albeit Indianized.
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