Dead End

Aug 27, 1937

1h 33m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

United Artists

Dead End Trailers

Cast

Drina Gordon

Sylvia Sidney

Dave

Joel McCrea

'Baby Face' Martin

Humphrey Bogart

Kay

Wendy Barrie

Francey

Claire Trevor

Hunk

Allen Jenkins

Mrs. Martin

Marjorie Main

Tommy Gordon

Billy Halop

Dippy

Huntz Hall

Angel

Bobby Jordan

Spit

Leo Gorcey

T.B.

Gabriel Dell

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