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THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN! - Dead End
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Title: Dead End

Release Date: 27 Aug 1937

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, United Artists

Production Companies: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, United Artists

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.

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Average Vote: 7 (126 votes)

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
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