aka Dead End: Cradle of Crime. "Straight in the arms of my mother"
'Baby Face' Martin (Humphrey Bogart), a renowned gangster, returns to the tenements where he grew up, to see his mother and an old girlfriend. Unfortunately the ten years that have passed since he was last around may not have changed the place, but it has changed the people; with his mother rejecting him, and Frenchie (Claire Trevor) now a terminally ill prostitute. Feeling sorry for himself, Martin then decides to rob a luxury apartment in the area...
A gritty gangster flick, (for its time), that looks at the poverty that drives juvenile delinquency, and in turn fuels adult crime.
No comments:
Post a Comment