21 Jan 1939
Off the Record
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
Crime School
They'll steal your heart again as they turn against the system that tries to make them killers!
In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards. New deputy commissioner Mark Braden arrives determined to change things, but despite the help of Frankie's sister, Mark's reform plans -- and Frankie's future -- may be sabotaged from within.
Top Billed Cast
Humphrey Bogart Mark Braden
The Dead End Kids Themselves
Gale Page Sue Warren
Billy Halop Frank 'Frankie' Warren
Bobby Jordan Lester 'Squirt' Smith
Huntz Hall Richard 'Goofy' Slade
Leo Gorcey Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
Bernard Punsly George "Fats" Papadopolous
Gabriel Dell Timothy "Bugs" Burke
George Offerman, Jr. Red
Weldon Heyburn Cooper
Cy Kendall Morgan
Charles Trowbridge Judge Robert E. Clinton
Spencer Charters Old Doctor
Donald Briggs New Doctor
Frank Jaquet Commissioner
Helen MacKellar Mrs. Burke
Al Bridge Mr. Burke
Sibyl Harris Mrs. Hawkins
Paul Porcasi Nick Papadopolos
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