Dead End
THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN!
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 15, 2014
- Originally Released: 1937
- Label: Hbo Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney & Joel McCrea | |
Performer: | Billy Halop, Marjorie Main, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, James Burke, Ward Bond & Dead End Kids | |
Directed by | William Wyler | |
Edited by | Daniel Mandell | |
Screenwriting by | Lillian Hellman | |
Composition by | Alfred Newman | |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn | |
Director of Photography: | Gregg Toland |
Entertainment Reviews:
Highly recommended, but not for children.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: B- --
William Wyler's screen version of this juvenile delinquency drama features the Dead End Kids and boasts excellent performances from Bogart as a criminal before he became star and Joel McCrea as the decent guy.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 2.5/4 --
...worth a look, especially for fans of Bogart...
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Reel Film Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
It's still a compelling film, and it features a novelty: Humphrey Bogart's name isn't at the top of the credits.
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Goatdog's Movies
Rating: C --
Couldn't be more outdated.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
Intelligent, generally effective film version of the Kingsley play.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
[A] captivating social drama of 1937.
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Product Description:
New York City; the depression. The terraces of the great new apartments of the rich look down into the windows of the tenement poor. A gang of teenagers amuse themselves diving in the river and taunting the son of a rich family. Dave (Joel McCrea) helps Drina (Sylvia Sidney) as she looks after her bother, Tommy (Billy Halop), who is one of the gang. Gangster Baby Face Martin (Humphry Bogart) returns to his old home--but is rejected by his mother (Marjorie Main). Then Martin hatches a plan to make his visit worthwhile.
Like the play it is based on, DEAD END is dominated by its tenement set. Director William Wyler and director of photography Gregg Toland emphasize the contrast between the rich family and the poor tenement dwellers. Although scriptwriter Lillian Hellman had to soften Sidney Kingsley's play, the movie's criticism of the social order is still trenchant. DEAD END is notable for its period detail--Dave rests his arms on a pillow while entertaining himself looking out his window; a policeman beats his baton on the sidewalk to call for help. And it contains a vivid vignette from Claire Trevor as Francey, the girl Martin left behind.
Like the play it is based on, DEAD END is dominated by its tenement set. Director William Wyler and director of photography Gregg Toland emphasize the contrast between the rich family and the poor tenement dwellers. Although scriptwriter Lillian Hellman had to soften Sidney Kingsley's play, the movie's criticism of the social order is still trenchant. DEAD END is notable for its period detail--Dave rests his arms on a pillow while entertaining himself looking out his window; a policeman beats his baton on the sidewalk to call for help. And it contains a vivid vignette from Claire Trevor as Francey, the girl Martin left behind.
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Dead End, the movie
Movie Lover: Penina Spinka from
Arizona -- February, 1, 2016
I just saw this on TCM starring Humphrey Bogart. I didn't know most of the other stars besides the Dead End kids who were even given billing. To my surprise Ward Bond and Margery Main had small parts. It took me a while to realize who they were. Made in 1937, it is extremely watchable today to see what life was like in NY tenements. My dad was 17 that year. I wonder if he saw it.
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