Dead End - Definition and Overview

Important note: This article deals with the film called "Dead End", not the street sign Dead end.

Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It marked the first appearance of the Dead End Kids. Unemployed architect Dave Connell (Joel McCrea) is torn between Drina (Sylvia Sidney), sweet but equally poor, and Kay Burton (Wendy Barrie), a rich man's mistress. Gangster Baby Face Martin (Humphrey Bogart) returns to his old neighborhood and finds that nobody is glad to see him. Claire Trevor also starred.

The film was written by Lillian Hellman from the play by Sidney Kingsley. It was directed by William Wyler.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The Dead Ends Kids were:

Billy Halop (Tommy)

Huntz Hall (Dippy)

Bobby Jordan (Angel)

Leo Gorcey (Spit)

Gabriel Dell (T. B)

Bernard Punsly (Milty)

Other Dead End Kids films include:

Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)

Crime School (1938)

Newsboys' Home (1938)

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

Little Tough Guy (1938)

Hell's Kitchen (1939)

The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Call a Messenger (1939)

On Dress Parade (1939)

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Code of the Streets (1939)

You're Not So Tough (1940)

Give Us Wings (1940)

Mob Town (1941)

Hit the Road (1941)

Tough As They Come (1942)

Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)

Mug Town (1943)