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Director:
Harold Young
Writers:
Gilson Brown (writer)
Brenda Weisberg (story)
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Release Date:
22 July 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
HERE AGAIN...TO JOLT YOU FROM YOUR SEATS! (original ad - all caps)
Plot:
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Wilcox ... Paul Wilson
Helen Parrish ... Kay Boylan
Marjorie Main ... Mrs. Boylan
Jackie Searl ... Cyril Gerrard
Peggy Stewart ... Rita Belle
Helen MacKellar ... Mrs. Wanamaker
Edward Pawley ... Jim Boylan (as Ed Pawley)
Olin Howland ... Baxter
Pat C. Flick ... Peddler
Billy Halop ... Johnny Boylan
Huntz Hall ... 'Pig'
Gabriel Dell ... String
Bernard Punsly ... Ape
Hal E. Chester ... Dopey (as Hally Chester)
David Gorcey ... Sniper
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Universal Pictures more

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Follows Dead End (1937) more

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Very Thought Provoking Movie, 20 January 2007
7/10
Author: zulubeat from United States

This film gives great insight as to how life was for many "street" kids in NYC right after the depression and it is eerily similar to the plight of street kids in NYC today. The "dead end kids" is an awesome name. They are wanna be thugs; Violent, aggressive, uneducated, beligerent, witty and daring. One kid even wears a yankee baseball jersey with # 3 on the back just like the kids wear Derek Jeter jerseys today.)

Up until a few years ago, the lower east side was a similarly tough area, except it was inhabited by mostly people of color. Gentrification began in the 90s and has since transformed the lower east side into an affluent, yuppie filled, unaffordable place to live for the average citizen of any color in NYC.

While watching the movie, I listened to the street-slang and trouble-making behavior of the "dead end kids", and I couldn't help but saying to myself that this would be a so called "hood" film if it had been made today, like "Juice" starring Omar Epps and Tupac. Funny how the names and faces have changed, but the story is still the same.

Being from NYC myself, I felt suspended in time while watching it. My Mom was 2 and my father(may he rest in peace) was 11 in 1938.

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