Dead End Kids

…and introduced filmgoers to the Dead End Kids, a group of young actors who reprised their stage roles as the members of a neighbourhood gang and would do so again in a number of subsequent films. The film, cinematographer Toland, and Claire Trevor (best supporting actress) were nominated for Academy…

…would become known as the Dead End Kids), the other a priest who wants to save their souls. Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan lent able support.

…of actors known as the Dead End Kids. Cagney based his now-famous mannerisms and swagger on a pimp he knew from his boyhood neighbourhood. The characteristics that would become so identifiable with his persona originated in Angels with Dirty Faces. The film’s final scene is considered a classic, with Cagney…