Dead End

1937 drama directed by William Wyler stars Sylvia Sydney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, and the Dead End Kids.

Dramatic look at life in the tenements in New York in the '30s. Gangster Bogart, on the lam after plastic surgery, returns to the old neighborhood and finds residents dealing with gritty life in many different ways... from despair to optimism. Script by Lillian Hellman. Originally a Broadway play. Striking studio sets.

Introduced the "Dead End Kids" who reprise their Broadway roles (Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Billy Halop, etc.) who amused us with their shenanigans in a number of films as the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and the Bowery Boys.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028773/