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Dead End

Dead End

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 27, 1937

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

Dead End

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions, United Artists

Director

William Wyler

Budget

$900,000

Description

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.