---
title: 'Dead End (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Wyler'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dead-end-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028773/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dead End (1937)

1937 · 93 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Dead End is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by William Wyler. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, and Claire Trevor. It was the first film appearance of the acting group known as the Dead End Kids.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Wyler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-wyler)
- **Screenplay:** [Lillian Hellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-hellman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Toland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-toland)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Huntz Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/huntz-hall)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Marjorie Main](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-main)
- [Wendy Barrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-barrie)
- [Billy Halop](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-halop)
- [Esther Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-howard)
- [Gabriel Dell](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-dell)
- [Minor Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/minor-watson)
- [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler)
- [Esther Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-dale)
- [Lucile Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucile-browne)
- [Claire Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-trevor)
- [Marcelle Corday](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcelle-corday)
- [Sylvia Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-sidney)
- [Don "Red" Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-red-barry)

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