Dead End( 1937)

TV-MACrimeDrama

70%

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THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN!

Overview

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave, 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.

Top Billed Cast

Sylvia Sidney
Drina Gordon
Joel McCrea
Dave
Humphrey Bogart
'Baby Face' Martin
Wendy Barrie
Kay
Claire Trevor
Francey
Allen Jenkins
Hunk
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Martin
Billy Halop
Tommy Gordon
Huntz Hall
Dippy
Bobby Jordan
Angel
Leo Gorcey
Spit
Gabriel Dell
T.B.
Bernard Punsly
Milty
Charles Peck
Philip
Minor Watson
Mr. Griswald
James Burke
Police Officer Mulligan
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Connell
Esther Dale
Mrs. Fenner
George Humbert
Pascagli
Marcelle Corday
Governess
Ward Bond
Doorman
Don 'Red' Barry
Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Policeman at Killing (Uncredited)
Al Bridge
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Detective at Killing (Uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Police Lieutenant at Killing (Uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Old Man (Uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Coroner at Killing (Uncredited)
Earl Askam
Griswald's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Gilbert Clayton
Man with Weak Voice (Uncredited)
Jerry Cooper
Baby (Uncredited)
Bill Dagwell
Drunk (Uncredited)
Bud Geary
Kay's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Charles Halton
Whitey (Uncredited)
Robert Homans
Policeman on Morning Beat (Uncredited)
Esther Howard
Neighbor with Coarse Voice (Uncredited)
Kathryn Ann Lujan
Milty's Sister (Uncredited)
Mona Monet
Nurse (Uncredited)
Gertrude Valerie
Old Lady with Old Man (Uncredited)
Charlotte Treadway
Woman with Poodle (Uncredited)
Maude Lambert
Woman with Poodle (Uncredited)
Lucile Browne
Well-Dressed Woman (Uncredited)
Frank Shields
Well-Dressed Man (Uncredited)
Wesley Giraud
Tough Boy Looking for Fight (Uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Tough Boy Looking for Fight (Uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Boy on Dock (Uncredited)
Sidney Kibrick
Boy (Uncredited)
Larry Harris
Boy (Uncredited)
Norman Salling
Boy (Uncredited)
Hugh Sheridan
Boy (Uncredited)
Audrey Carol
Girl (Uncredited)
Paula Hariette Levy
Girl (Uncredited)
Tom Randall
Boy (Uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022

OK, so this is definitely not the cheeriest of stories but Bogart and Joel McCrea are on good form throughout this gritty drama of hardship and depravity on the East Side of New York. "Baby Face Martin" - who, to be fair, maybe benefits a bit optimistically from the moniker - returns to his childhood home to reunite with his mother and childhood sweetheart. His mother wants nothing to do with him and his ex "Francie" (Claire Trevor) turned to prostitution and hasn't long to go before syphilis does for her. Meantime his friend, aspiring/struggling architect "Dave" (McCrae) is juggling his romant...