Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama
Release Year: 1937
Country: USA
Runtime: 93
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: William Wyler
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
what you dont remember might save your life
sometimes when you leave home, you shouldnt go back, especially when the past isnt dead
if you want to live in the world of white picket fences, you need to leave., once you know you cant go back
Writing by: Sidney Kingsley - (play)
Lillian Hellman - (screenplay)
Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn - producer
Merritt Hulburd - associate producer
Cast: Sylvia Sidney - Drina Gordon
Joel McCrea - Dave Connell
Humphrey Bogart - Hugh Baby Face Martin
Wendy Barrie - Kay Burton
Claire Trevor - Francey
Allen Jenkins - Hunk
Marjorie Main - Mrs. Martin
Billy Halop - Tommy Gordon
Huntz Hall - Dippy Dip
Bobby Jordan - Angel
Leo Gorcey - Spit (as Leo B. Gorcey)
Music: Alfred Newman
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Plot Outline: The Dead End Kids, an unemployed architect, and gangster Baby Face Martin interact with an East Side neighborhood over one day and night.
Plot: Gangster Baby Face Martin goes back to the East Side street where he grew up to see his mother, who denounces him as a murderer, and his childhood girlfriend who is now a streetwalker.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
During final credits, there is a cameo of celebrated american novelist Paul Auster.
Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Revealing mistakes: When Alex says “Get off here!” at the exit for the Bryn Meyer Suburbs, they are definitely on a major multiple lane highway, but when Dennis takes the exit, it shows them on a side road.
Trivia: There are 11 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Although she only appears for one scene that lasts a little under five minutes, Claire Trevor won an Oscar nomination for her performance as Francie, the prostitute.
- Sidney Kingsley had won the Pulitzer Prize for his original play of “Dead End” in 1935, when he was only 29 years old.
- William Wyler originally wanted to film on location on the streets of New York, but producer Samuel Goldwyn insisted that it be made in the studio. Art director Richard Day was assigned to design the sets, and made one of the most convincing and elaborate sets in film history.
Tags: Alfred Newman, Allen Jenkins, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Claire Trevor, Dave Connell, Dead End, East Side street, Face Martin, Hugh Baby Face, Humphrey Bogart, Huntz Hall, Joel McCrea, Kay Burton, Leo B. Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Lillian Hellman, Marjorie Main, Merritt Hulburd, New York, Oscar, Paul Auster, Richard Day, Samuel Goldwyn, Sidney
- Drina Gordon, Sidney Kingsley, Sylvia Sidney, Tommy Gordon, United States, Wendy Barrie, William Wyler