Dead End
1937 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Dead End is the prototypical social-problem drama about a Manhattan slum in the 1930s. Lillian Hellman's engaging script, based on Sidney Kingsley's hit play, finds the neighborhood residents struggling to get by, some choosing hard work, some taking the easier route of crime. When a gangster starts to hang around his old haunts, he becomes an unwelcome influence on the street kids.
Direction William Wyler
Cast Sylvia Sidney · Joel McCrea · Humphrey Bogart · Wendy Barrie · Claire Trevor · Billy Halop · Huntz Hall · Leo Gorcey · Gabriel Dell · Bobby Jordan · Bernard Punsly · Allen Jenkins · Marjorie Main · Ward Bond · Don 'Red' Barry · Charles Peck · Esther Dale
Soundtrack Alfred Newman
Screenplay Lillian Hellman · Sidney Kingsley
Cinematography Gregg Toland
Original title Dead End
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