Dead End

Dead End

93 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 27, 1937

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.

Dead End

93 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 27, 1937

Dead End
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers United Artists, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original title Dead End
Directors Edmond F. Bernoudy, William Wyler
Writers Sidney Kingsley, Lillian Hellman

Cast

Sylvia Sidney

as Drina Gordon

Joel McCrea

as Dave

Humphrey Bogart

as 'Baby Face' Martin

Wendy Barrie

as Kay

Claire Trevor

as Francey

Allen Jenkins

as Hunk

Marjorie Main

as Mrs. Martin

Billy Halop

as Tommy Gordon

Huntz Hall

as Dippy

Bobby Jordan

as Angel

Leo Gorcey

as Spit

Gabriel Dell

as T.B.

Bernard Punsly

as Milty

Charles Peck

as Philip

Minor Watson

as Mr. Griswald

James Burke

as Police Officer Mulligan

Ward Bond

as Doorman

Elisabeth Risdon

as Mrs. Connell

Esther Dale

as Mrs. Fenner

George Humbert

as Pascagli

Marcelle Corday

as Governess

Don Barry

as Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Policeman at Killing (Uncredited)

Al Bridge

as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

as Detective at Killing (Uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

as Police Lieutenant at Killing (Uncredited)

Tom Ricketts

as Old Man (Uncredited)

Walter Soderling

as Coroner at Killing (Uncredited)

Earl Askam

as Griswald's Chauffeur (Uncredited)

Gilbert Clayton

as Man with Weak Voice (Uncredited)

Jerry Cooper

as Baby (Uncredited)

Bill Dagwell

as Drunk (Uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Kay's Chauffeur (Uncredited)

Charles Halton

as Whitey (Uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Policeman on Morning Beat (Uncredited)

Esther Howard

as Neighbor with Coarse Voice (Uncredited)

Kathryn Ann Lujan

as Milty's Sister (Uncredited)

Mona Monet

as Nurse (Uncredited)

Gertrude Valerie

as Old Lady with Old Man (Uncredited)

Charlotte Treadway

as Woman with Poodle (Uncredited)

Maude Lambert

as Woman with Poodle (Uncredited)

Lucile Browne

as Well-Dressed Woman (Uncredited)

Frank Shields

as Well-Dressed Man (Uncredited)

Wesley Giraud

as Tough Boy Looking for Fight (Uncredited)

Mickey Martin

as Tough Boy Looking for Fight (Uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

as Boy on Dock (Uncredited)

Sidney Kibrick

as Boy (Uncredited)

Larry Harris

as Boy (Uncredited)

Tom Randall

as Boy (Uncredited)

Norman Salling

as Boy (Uncredited)

Hugh Sheridan

as Boy (Uncredited)

Audrey Carol

as Girl (Uncredited)

Paula Hariette Levy

as Girl (Uncredited)