Series - Dead End Kids
by ianhenslee | created - 28 Feb 2014 | updated - 28 Feb 2014 | PublicThe film series of the Dead End Kids / Little Tough Guys / East Side Kids / Bowery Boys.
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1. Dead End (1937)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The lives of a young man, a young woman, an infamous gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie
Votes: 8,521
2. Crime School (1938)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of underprivileged teenagers are sentenced to serve two years in a reform school after almost killing a criminal fence who attacked them.
Directors: Lewis Seiler, William Clemens | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids, Gale Page, Billy Halop
Votes: 1,392
3. Little Tough Guy (1938)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama
After his father is sentenced to death for accidentally killing a cop, Johnny's family is left to fight for survival. His sister becomes a burlesque performer for money while Johnny joins a local gang and turns to a life of street crime.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Helen Parrish, Marjorie Main, Jackie Searl
Votes: 218
4. Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy
Under a doctor's orders, a society matron invites six ruffians to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Mischa Auer, Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Parrish
Votes: 42
5. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 23,106
6. Newsboys' Home (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A clueless publisher's daughter inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys, and proceeds to run the paper to the ground.
Directors: Harold Young, Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 39
7. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at a farm for delinquent youths.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: John Garfield, Claude Rains, The Dead End Kids, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 2,578
8. Code of the Streets (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
Hoodlum Tommy Shay is sentenced to die for the murder of Police Lieutenant Carson, although Tommy was in a poker game at the time with a man calling himself "Denver" Collins. Collins has ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Harry Carey, Frankie Thomas, James McCallion, Juanita Quigley
Votes: 53
9. Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of tough city kids have 'graduated' from reform school and are assigned to a "Boy's Town" type of inmate self-government city shelter. The shelter is run by Hiram Krispan (Grant ... See full summary »
Directors: Ewald André Dupont, Lewis Seiler | Stars: The Dead End Kids, Margaret Lindsay, Ronald Reagan, Stanley Fields
Votes: 383
10. Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life, but he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Bernard Punsly, Leo Gorcey
Votes: 570
11. On Dress Parade (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The Dead End Kids are sent to military school.
Directors: William Clemens, Noel M. Smith | Stars: Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 356 | Gross: $0.10M
12. Call a Messenger (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle
Votes: 46
13. East Side Kids (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant, Hal E. Chester
Votes: 292
14. You're Not So Tough (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Drama
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters ... See full summary »
Director: Joe May | Stars: The Dead End Kids, Nan Grey, Rosina Galli, Henry Armetta
Votes: 55
15. Boys of the City (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester, Frankie Burke
Votes: 660
16. That Gang of Mine (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Gang member, Muggs, aspires to be a jockey and tries to cheat his way to the top.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Clarence Muse, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 560
17. Junior G-Men (1940)
Approved | 240 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.
Directors: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly
Votes: 110
18. Give Us Wings (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Dead End Kids epic. The boys want desperately to fly, and get mixed up with crooked crop dusters, whose planes are flying deathtraps.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly
Votes: 61
19. Pride of the Bowery (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama
New York City street principles get an East Side kid in trouble at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Kenneth Howell, Mary Ainslee
Votes: 623
20. Flying Wild (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Mystery
A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Joan Barclay, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 533
21. Hit the Road (1941)
Approved | 61 min | Drama
Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall
Votes: 61
22. Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
While a cop steers a kid street-fighter away from being a public nuisance, a petty hoodlum leads a studious kid into a life of crime.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Warren Hull
Votes: 663
23. Mob Town (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young street kid idolizes his brother, a gangster who was sent to death row for murder. Frank, a local cop, tries to ensure that the boy and his gang don't wind up the same way as his ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall
Votes: 58
24. Sea Raiders (1941)
Approved | 229 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Dead End Kids go after a gang known as the Sea Raiders, which is sinking Allied shipping.
Directors: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly
Votes: 75
25. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Approved | 65 min | Horror, Comedy
The boys are stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger, and they are forced to seek aid at an old mansion.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall
Votes: 1,821
26. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Impoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 542
27. Let's Get Tough! (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy
The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 555
28. Tough As They Come (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Drama
The 'Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Billy Halop, Paul Kelly, Helen Parrish, Ann Gillis
Votes: 50
29. Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
Approved | 225 min | Action, Adventure, War
A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Billy Halop, Gene Reynolds, Lionel Atwill, Frank Albertson
Votes: 103
30. Smart Alecks (1942)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Danny comes into money for capturing an elusive criminal - money which Mugs insists he split equally with the gang while gangsters want to split open Danny.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 543
31. 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The East Side Kids uncover the body of a murder victim, but must protect the innocent girl accused of the crime.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 702
32. Mug Town (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Neighborhood kids take on racketeers.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Grace McDonald, Bernard Punsly
Votes: 39
33. Kid Dynamite (1943)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When gamblers kidnap Muggs to throw a fight, friend Danny steps in and wins the scheduled boxing bout, leaving Mugs jealous, resentful and wrongfully suspicious.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 607
34. Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy
Tommy Banning (Bobby Jordan) and his pals,"Pig" (Huntz Hall), "Ape" (Norman Abbott) and "String" (Gabriel Dell) have jobs in a department store where store executive Frank Moulto (Frank ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Norman Abbott
Votes: 67
35. Clancy Street Boys (1943)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
Muggs' rich Uncle Pete comes to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits members of the gang to pose as his family.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Noah Beery
Votes: 554
36. Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 1,527
37. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
Muggs, ordered by a judge to get a job "or else", is hired by a society matron as the chauffeur for her wacky family. An engagement party is thrown for the family's daughter, and the rest ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 302
38. Million Dollar Kid (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 594
39. Follow the Leader (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 323
40. Block Busters (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy
Muggs must fight a new French kid who has just moved into the neighborhood.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 371
41. Bowery Champs (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Bobby Jordan
Votes: 406
42. Docks of New York (1945)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Glimpy finds a necklace next to a dead body in an alley. His discovery leads to the gang getting mixed up in murder, intrigue involving a European royal family, and a killer who is after ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Gloria Pope
Votes: 328
43. Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945)
63 min | Comedy
After having been framed by gamblers, Muggs is barred from riding in horse races. Since he can no longer race, he takes up a collection so Ma Brown, who owns the horses, won't have her ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Johnny Duncan
Votes: 332
44. Come Out Fighting (1945)
62 min | Comedy