Jimmy Cagney, the tough guy Rocky broke down on facing the electric chair, however, it was an act he did, because these kids in the video, the dead end kids, bowery boys, looked up to him and might have followed into a lifestyle of crime in admiring the criminal character, Jimmy Cagney played. Pat O'Brien, a priest, asked Rocky to do something to disappoint the kids. The two, O'Brien and Cagney were friends since they were kids. That's the background to this.
"Angels Have Dirty Faces", a classic.
Alright fellas, let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1I think early in the movie, they show them as kids, they stole something, Rocky (Jimmy Cagney) was caught, O'Brien's character got away... childhood friends.