Crime School (1938)

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A gang of underprivileged teenagers are sentenced to serve two years in a reform school after almost killing a criminal fence who attacked them.

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  • Humphrey Bogart and Leo Gorcey in Crime School (1938)
  • Humphrey Bogart, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, George Offerman Jr., Gale Page, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Crime School (1938)
  • Humphrey Bogart, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Weldon Heyburn, Bobby Jordan, Cy Kendall, Gale Page, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Crime School (1938)
  • Harry Cording, Leo Gorcey, Sol Gorss, and Billy Halop in Crime School (1938)
  • Humphrey Bogart, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Crime School (1938)
  • Humphrey Bogart, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Crime School (1938)

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7 January 2006 | bkoganbing
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| The Mayor of Heck
Warner Brothers decided to save a bundle on purchasing new properties for the Dead End Kids. The boys did They Made Me a Criminal a year later which was a remake of The Life of Jimmy Dolan and Crime School is a remake of The Mayor from Hell.

Fellow gangster icon James Cagney starred in The Mayor from Hell which I also reviewed here. Such things as Cagney's motivation and commitment to the reform school and the manner with which the boys take matters into their own hands is pretty grisly. None of that in this kinder, gentler film.

Sleepers has a lot of the same elements in both The Mayor from Hell and Crime School. It's certainly better than Crime School. This was one film whose message was watered down to nothing.

Nevertheless Crime School does have Humphrey Bogart in it and the Dead End Kids are always entertaining.

I wonder what kind of stuff the Dead End Kids would have been turning out had they come along pre-Code?

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Trivia

The second of seven movies featuring The Dead End Kids.

Quotes

Sue Warren: I'll take him away to a better neighborhood. I'll have more time to spend with him. Give 'em a chance, will yuh?
Judge Clinton: I'm afraid it's too late for that, Miss Warren.
Sue Warren: Too late? How can you say a thing like that? Maybe he'sd a little tough, but a kid's got ...

Goofs

At 44:20 into the film, Mark Braden (Humphrey Bogart) is talking with Judge Clinton. Someone comes to the door and says that Miss Warren is there to see him. On the wall behind the secretary you can see the shadow of the boom mic.

Soundtracks

Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
(1909) (uncredited)
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy
Sung a cappella by the inmates in the shoe repair shop

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Plot Summary

Genres

Crime | Drama

Details

Release Date:

28 May 1938

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

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