DEAD END.
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The Dead End Kids, led by Tommy Gordon, are a gang of street urchins who are already well on the path to a life of petty crime. Tommy's sister, Drina (Sylvia Sidney), dreams of marrying some dashing, rich stranger who will save her and Tommy from this miserable life of poverty. Hugh "Baby Face" Martin (Humphrey Bogart), who has returned to the neighborhood to visit his mother and childhood girlfriend, decides to kidnap the rich child for ransom. Dave Connell (Joel McCrea), raised on the same street as Martin, warns him to stay away,
Credits
- Directed by
- William Wyler
- Written by
- Lillian Hellman
- Cast
- Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Claire Trevor, Lucile Browne, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Main, Don "Red" Barry, Allen Jenkins, Elisabeth Risdon, Leo Gorcey, Ward Bond, Esther Dale, Huntz Hall, Wendy Barrie, Minor Watson, Wade Boteler, Esther Howard, Billy Halop …
- Produced by
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Cinematography
- Gregg Toland
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Edited by
- Daniel Mandell
Complete catalog record
DEAD END. 1937. Released through United Artists. 10 reels, sd. Based on the play by Sidney Kingsley as produced by Norman Bel Geddes. Credits: Associate producer, Merritt Hulburd; director, William Wyler; screenplay, Lillian Hellman; film editor, Daniel Mandell; music director, Alfred Newman. Samuel Goldwyn; 4Sep37; LP7382.
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