Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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Dead End
THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN!
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
- Original title
- Dead End
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $900,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Jun 20, 2022 · via TMDB
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 romantic interests between sweet but rather dreary "Drina" and "Kay" (Wendy Barrie) who already has a rich boyfriend. All of this misery is made all the more poignant by the fact that this ghetto is overlooked by the apartments of the wealthy that have relocated to new properties that overlook the adjacent East river. When Bogart decides that he wants to re-assert himself in the community by organising a high-profile kidnapping, he and his erstwhile friend find themselves on opposite sides of the plot! The crime drama is there, but it is comparatively weak compared with the pretty blatant social commentary from Lillian Hellman's screenplay that draws attention, unashamedly, to the stark contrast between the standards of living (and dying) of those just yards apart.
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Sylvia Sidney
Drina
Joel McCrea
Dave
Humphrey Bogart
"Baby Face" Martin
Wendy Barrie
Kay
Claire Trevor
Francey
Allen Jenkins
Hunk
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Martin
Billy Halop
Tommy
Huntz Hall
Dippy
Bobby Jordan
Angel
Leo Gorcey
Spit
Gabriel Dell
T. B.
Bernard Punsly
Milty
Minor Watson
Mr. Griswald
James Burke
Mulligan
Ward Bond
Doorman
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Connell
Esther Dale
Mrs. Fenner
George Humbert
Pascagli
Marcelle Corday
Governess
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)
Jerry Cooper
Baby (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)
Lucile Browne
Well-Dressed Woman (uncredited)
Frank Shields
Well-Dressed Man (uncredited)
Sidney Kibrick
Boy (uncredited)
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Samuel Goldwyn
Presenter
Fred Graham
Stunts
William Wyler
Director
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Lillian Hellman
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Aug 24, 1937
New York City, New York
Aug 27, 1937
