Dead End

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.

Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

as Drina Gordon

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

as Dave

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

as 'Baby Face' Martin

Wendy Barrie

Wendy Barrie

as Kay

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

as Francey

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

as Hunk

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

as Mrs. Martin

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

as Tommy Gordon

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

as Dippy

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

as Angel

Reviews

CinemaSerf

OK, so this is definitely not the cheeriest of stories but Bogart and Joel McCrea are on good form throughout this gritty drama of hardship and depravity on the East Side of New York. "Baby Face Martin" - who, to be fair, maybe benefits a bit optimistically from the moniker - returns to his childhoo...

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