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Dead End (1937)

NR 08/27/1937 (US) Crime, Drama 1h 33m

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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.

William Wyler

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Lillian Hellman

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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
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A review by CinemaSerf

70%

Written by CinemaSerf on June 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... read the rest.

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