Dead End poster
Director William Wyler
Screenplay Lillian Hellman

Dead End

Tagline: THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN!

Release Date: 1937-08-27

Duration: 93 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ward Bond
    Doorman
  • Humphrey Bogart
    'Baby Face' Martin
  • Sylvia Sidney
    Drina Gordon
  • Marjorie Main
    Mrs. Martin
  • Don 'Red' Barry
    Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
  • Tom Ricketts
    Old Man (Uncredited)
  • Claire Trevor
    Francey
  • Billy Halop
    Tommy Gordon
  • Sidney Kibrick
    Boy (Uncredited)
  • Elisabeth Risdon
    Mrs. Connell