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Release Date:
27 August 1937 (USA)
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Tagline:
THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN! (1944 reissue print ad - all caps)
Plot:
The Dead End Kids, an unemployed architect, and gangster Baby Face Martin interact with an East Side neighborhood over one day and night. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
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Unique and absorbing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sylvia Sidney | ... | Drina | |
| Joel McCrea | ... | Dave | |
| Humphrey Bogart | ... | 'Baby Face' Martin | |
| Wendy Barrie | ... | Kay | |
| Claire Trevor | ... | Francey | |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Hunk | |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Mrs. Martin | |
| Billy Halop | ... | Tommy | |
| Huntz Hall | ... | Dippy | |
| Bobby Jordan | ... | Angel | |
| Leo Gorcey | ... | Spit (as Leo B. Gorcey) | |
| Gabriel Dell | ... | T.B. | |
| Bernard Punsly | ... | Milty | |
| Charles Peck | ... | Philip | |
| Minor Watson | ... | Mr. Griswald |
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Dead End: Cradle of Crime (USA) (reissue title)
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93 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Germany:12 (2005) |
Finland:K-15 (2001) |
Finland:K-16 (1966) |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:16 (1938) |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:(Banned) (1937) |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #3596) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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The first of seven movies featuring The Dead End Kids.
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Referenced in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
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Girl of My Dreams
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It's a dead end street in New York that ends at the river. It's here that a wide assortment of characters from different walks of life come together in a pressure cooker setting. Rich, poor, kindhearted and hardhearted all come together. In Dead End, a young woman and her teenage brother struggle to survive. An architect works for a better life. A gangster comes home to visit his mother. A well kept woman chooses between love and wealth. The rich and the poor get glimpses of one another's lives at the waters edge.
This movie draws us into a unique place and time. It gives us intimate portraits into peoples lives. It makes contrasts and it shows similarities between people. It's one of a kind and director William Wyler has given us something special here. Sylvia Sidney, Humphrey Bogart, Marjorie Main, Allen Jenkins, the Dead End Kids and Ward Bond give standout performances. The 1930's atmosphere is palpable. I rate this film 91/100. It's unique and absorbing.