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Dead End Kids: They Made Me A Criminal

Garfield, John (Actor), Kids, The Dead End (Actor), Berkeley, Busby (Director) Format: DVD

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Genre	Kids & Family
Format	Full Screen, Black & White, NTSC, Restored
Contributor	Kids, The Dead End, Berkeley, Busby, Sheridan, Ann, Garfield, John
Runtime	1 hour and 32 minutes

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Berkeley, Busby
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Full Screen, Black & White, NTSC, Restored
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 32 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 2, 2001
Actors ‏ : ‎ Garfield, John, Kids, The Dead End, Sheridan, Ann
Studio ‏ : ‎ Front Row Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0006951L8
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Notary Sojac

For John Garfield fans...

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2008

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...this is enjoyable viewing. Not essential Garfield---I'd reserve
that phrase for "Body and Soul," "Humoresque," and "Force of Evil"---but he's
always worth watching, even in his lesser films (as is Claude
Rains). The Dead End Kids are up to their usual shenanigans.
The revelation here is Ann Sheridan (she's on the screen for only eight minutes). Although the aptly tagged "Oomph Girl" usually struck sultry, seductive
poses in her publicity photos, she almost always played girl-
next-door types in her films. Here she's something different---Garfield's
floozy girl friend---and well worth a look.
Other reviewers have ably summarized the plot, so I'll
conclude by saying that this movie (directed by, of all people, Busby Berkeley) is half of the answer to a trivia question:
name two movies in which the same actor played two different
boxers. Answer: this, and the afore-mentioned "Body and Soul."

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Buster49

A Good Story Well Told

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2009

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I have always enjoyed this film and think it is one of John Garfield's best during his Warners years. I am always drawn to films of the outsider who finds a family with whom he can be a part. I was very taken by Gloria Dickson and checked to see whatever became of her. I was very sad to see she had died in a house fire in 1945. Although the great Claude Rains is miscast, he is by no means bad in the part. His actor's likability still comes through. According to the IMDb, he was forced to do the role although he knew he wasn't the best choice for such a part. Max Steiner's wonderful sentimental score adds significantly to the emotion especially toward the film's end. It's a decent, honest film that tries to be nothing more than what it is.

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Toto

A Must See for Dead End Fans

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2014

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The Dead End Kids are back with a strong supporting cast which includes John Garfield and Claude Raines. Despite the desert setting all the usual elements are in place; troubled youth, a Stranger With A Past, the dogged detective - and of course, the tough-but-kind girl who will quickly melt a heart of stone. Billy Hallop and Bobby Jordan are close to their best in this one, and as they did in Dead End show that they're the true heart of the gang. This film isn't the Dead End Kids' best (that would be Angels with Dirty Faces), but worth a look.

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One of the best!

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020

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Wonderful quality film! John Garfield is a favorite of mine and I think this is one if his best! Claude is great in this role, but when is he not? Add the Dead End Kids and this is a perfect classic to have in your collection!

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steve miatech

Good garfield movie

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2019

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Good cast

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Erik Sandoval

Forgotten gem!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2019

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Great noir classic featuring "The Dead End Kids"

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frank coichetti

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016

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I like the classic movies

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AZRIFLEMAN

GREAT CLASSIC FILM

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013

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THIS IS A GREAT FILM,THE PRINT IS ONLY FAIR AND NEEDS A RE-MASTERING AND BLU RAY!! IT WILL COME,WAIT FOR IT!!

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Alpha Video DVD of They Made Me a Criminal (1939) -- Good Print, Poor Scene Menu, No Special Features

Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2017

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This review is for the Alpha Video DVD of They Made Me a Criminal (1939).

Alpha is known for bare-bones videos; usually their DVDs come with just the film and a scene menu. The prints on Alpha DVDs vary in quality regarding both picture and sound. Alpha does no restoration of the films, so everything depends on how good a master print (or negative, if they are fortunate enough to stumble on one) that they use.

In this case the print is very good. The sound and image are clear; in some scenes the image looks that of a modern movie in clarity (but in black and white, of course). There is one place where there is an abrupt jump between scenes -- perhaps half a second or a second is lost in the transition -- but no dialogue appears to be missing, so that's a minor aesthetic blemish. Also, I noticed that in both the opening credits and the end credits, the picture shakes back and forth a bit. But if there was any shaking during the main part of the movie, I didn't notice it.

The scene menu is bad even by Alpha standards. There are only four stops for a 91+ minute film, which is about 23 minutes per stop. That's practically useless for getting around inside the scenes. Also -- and this may be just my copy and not all copies -- the first scene stop takes you 14 minutes into the movie rather than to the beginning, and it's very difficult to get back to the main menu due to some electronic glitch.

I don't understand how Alpha can release a 1939 Warner film, since one would think that the Turner library owners (Turner owns the right to distribute pre-1950 Warner films, I understand) would have copyright on all of Warner's films from that year. I conjecture that for some of its older films that it considered minor, Warner (or a subsequent owner of the rights) let the copyright lapse, and so Turner now can't prevent anyone who has a print or negative from selling copies. But whatever the reason, I'm glad that Alpha has put out this film. I don't think that Turner itself has issued the film on any DVD.

The price when I bought this two weeks ago or so was very low, so it was a bargain. I believe low-priced copies are still available, if not from Amazon.ca, at least from affiliated merchants listed on the "other copies, New and Used" page. The total cost to me with shipping was less than it would cost to go to a new movie today! And this movie is way better than most movies today!

The script is good; the acting is good; the camera work is good. It starts a young John Garfield who is very good, with great support from Ann Sheridan, Claude Rains, and others, including of course that 1930s-1940s gang of delinquents, the Dead End Kids, who are very good both individually and collectively. I think it's every bit as good as, and maybe better than, Angels with Dirty Faces, that celebrated Dead End kids movie from a year earlier.

The film is directed by Busby Berkeley, the great director of earlier Warner musical classics, but it's not a musical. It's a crime/boxing/kid gang picture with a human interest focus. If you like the style of 1930s-1940s Warner films, and all the great character actors who appear in them (May Robson, Ward Bond, William B. Davidson, etc.), you will almost certainly like this movie. Of course, you have to like, or at least not object to, a film in which the Dead End kids share the lead. But as long as that's the case, I can't imagine why anyone who loves the old Warner films wouldn't like this film.

I give the film 8 out of 10; the Alpha DVD I would give only about 3.5 stars for the lack of special features and lousy scene menu, but because the print is so good, and because half-stars aren't allowed, I bump this up to an artificially high 4 stars. Grab it while it's still inexpensive!

Lise

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Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2021

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My Dad liked it.

eric miner

Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2015

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everything ok at my end

Mr. John Tate

Classic Hollywood - ought to be better known

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2015

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They Made Me a Criminal is really golden age Hollywood - truly the dont make them like this any more and I think its a pity!! John Garfield is in one of his earliest roles - a year after "Four Daughters" where he stole the show with an anti-hero performance. here he's in much more typical Hollywood territory playing a tough guy softened by the affection of tearaway city youths (The Dead End kids no less!!) who are out in the sticks trying to reform in a "New Deal" type project for youth which is running out of money. All the cast are great but everyone seems to agree that Claude Rains is miscast but he makes a sterling effort in the role, which (a down at heel NY cop trying to make it back into the big time??) isnt him at all. Its got it all for me - boxing, criminality, a "metanoia" moment (or moments) where our boy has to reveiew his approach to life (well before Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront), great leading lady, and some tearjerker moments a la "Boys Town"..Have I sold it to you?? PS - incongruously, directed by Busby Berkeley...but he doesnt make any mistakes!!

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lycidas

John Garfield does his best, but....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2011

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One assumes that Warner Brothers selected Garfield for this movie because he was better-looking than Cagney. The plot is most implausible. How could a world champion boxer fail to be recognised in the new environment he takes refuge in ? But there again, the Dead End kids were not noted for their brains and would have been more comfortable picking pockets in the Bowery than picking dates on a country farm. Ann Sheridan was only on the screen for a few minutes. Claude Rains, as the morgue-duty detective, was seriously out of character, but must have felt quite at home among the cast, of whom only old 'grandma' actually shone. Garfield looked clumsy in the ring, though he later improved in 'Body and Soul'. But he lacked the charisma of a Paul Newman or Robert de Niro. There are some humorous touches, such as when the Dead End kids teach a naive young toff how to play strip poker. Nice to see Ward Bond in a cameo role as a boxing promoter. If you want to see John Garfield at his best, avoid this disaster and watch 'Body and Soul' (the song is great), 'Pride of the Marines', 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' and 'Force of Evil'. The print quality is poor, first noticeable when the credits take your eyeballs on a roller-coaster ride. The vertical white lines give one the impression of watching a split screen. Still, it's cheap enough at the price.

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