Dead End

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Dead End

1937,

1h 33m,

Crime/

Drama

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Mobster "Baby Face" Martin (Humphrey Bogart) returns home to visit to the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother (Marjorie Main), who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey (Claire Trevor), now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave (Joel McCrea), a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.

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James Baldwin

The Devil Finds Work

Jan 17, 2024

The severity of the social situation which Dead End so romanticizes (somewhat like its direct descendant, West Side Story) utterly precludes the innocence of its heroine.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

Apr 17, 2020

The cast is perfect; Allen Jenkins surprisingly strong as Humphrey Bogart's shadow.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 7, 2019

Highly recommended, but not for children.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Mar 18, 2015

C

Couldn't be more outdated.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Mar 6, 2008

B-

William Wyler's screen version of this juvenile delinquency drama features the Dead End Kids and boasts excellent performances from Bogart as a criminal before he became star and Joel McCrea as the decent guy.

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Jonathan R. Perry

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Jun 4, 2005

4/5

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Jan 31, 2019

The best gangster movie ever made!

Ron W

Jul 7, 2018

The most enjoyable part for me was the glimpse into the class issues and lifestyles in the time period.

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William Wyler

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Sylvia Sidney

Drina Gordon

Humphrey Bogart

Hugh "Baby Face"

Joel McCrea

Dave Connell

Wendy Barrie

Kay Burton

Claire Trevor

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Synopsis

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin (Humphrey Bogart) returns home to visit to the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother (Marjorie Main), who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey (Claire Trevor), now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave (Joel McCrea), a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.

Director: William Wyler
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter: Lillian Hellman, Sidney Kingsley
Distributor: Embassy Pictures, Film Classics Inc.
Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Company
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 1937, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m

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