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Dead End

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Dead End -- Gritty screen version of Sidney Kingsley's play about the cycle of poverty focuses on a fugitive gangster (Humphrey Bogart), an aspiring architect (Joel McCrea) and a union worker (Sylvia Sidney) worried over an adolescent brother (Billy Halop) who's hanging out with a gang of street toughs (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell and others) in a New York City block of tenements next to a luxury apartment building. Directed by William Wyler, the story portrays a classic example of the slums as breeding ground for crime but ends with some hope of change. Stylized violence. (A-II) (br) ( 1937 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.