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Crime School

  • 19381938
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Humphrey Bogart, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, and Bernard Punsly in 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.A gang of underprivileged teenagers are sentenced to serve two years in a reform school after almost killing a criminal fence who attacked them.A gang of underprivileged teenagers are sentenced to serve two years in a reform school after almost killing a criminal fence who attacked them.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
102,586
20,554
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    • Directors
      • Lewis Seiler
      • William Clemens(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Crane Wilbur(screen play)
      • Vincent Sherman(screen play)
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • The Dead End Kids
      • Gale Page
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Lewis Seiler
      • William Clemens(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Crane Wilbur(screen play)
      • Vincent Sherman(screen play)
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • The Dead End Kids
      • Gale Page
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    • 30User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews

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    Trailer 1:39
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    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)
    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)
    Crime School (1938)
    Humphrey Bogart, Leo Gorcey, Billy Halop, Weldon Heyburn, and Cy Kendall 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, 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, Gale Page, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Crime School (1938)
    Humphrey Bogart, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, and Bernard Punsly in Crime School (1938)
    Humphrey Bogart, Billy Halop, and Gale Page 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)

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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Mark Braden
    The Dead End Kids
      Gale Page
      Gale Page
      • Sue Warren
      Billy Halop
      Billy Halop
      • Frankie Warren
      Bobby Jordan
      Bobby Jordan
      • Squirt
      Huntz Hall
      Huntz Hall
      • Goofy
      Leo Gorcey
      Leo Gorcey
      • Spike
      Bernard Punsly
      Bernard Punsly
      • Fats
      • (as Bernard Punsley)
      Gabriel Dell
      Gabriel Dell
      • Bugs
      George Offerman Jr.
      George Offerman Jr.
      • Red
      Weldon Heyburn
      Weldon Heyburn
      • Cooper
      Cy Kendall
      Cy Kendall
      • Morgan
      Charles Trowbridge
      Charles Trowbridge
      • Judge Clinton
      Spencer Charters
      Spencer Charters
      • Old Doctor
      Donald Briggs
      Donald Briggs
      • New Doctor
      Frank Jaquet
      Frank Jaquet
      • Commissioner
      Helen MacKellar
      Helen MacKellar
      • Mrs. Burke
      Al Bridge
      Al Bridge
      • Mr. Burke
      • Directors
        • Lewis Seiler
        • William Clemens(uncredited)
      • Writers
        • Crane Wilbur(screen play) (from a story by)
        • Vincent Sherman(screen play)
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      • Trivia
        The second of seven movies featuring The Dead End Kids.
      • Goofs
        The paint on Mr. Cooper's face, hat, and shoulders appears differently in the following scene when he reports to Mr. Braden's office.
      • Quotes

        Bugs: [seeing Goofy in an ill-fitting suit] What are you all dressed up for?

        Goofy: Me and Pops was over to see Mom. She's in the county jail.

        Fats: Yeah? What for?

        Goofy: Thirty days. Pop's goin' next 'cause he's gonna beat up Mama when she gts out.

      • Connections
        Featured in Film Breaks: The Dead End Kids (1999)
      • 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

      User reviews30

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      Top review
      7/10
      Dead End Kids with Bogie
      The Dead End Kids gets into an argument with a junkman called Junkie and Spike hits him over the head. The kids are brought in front of a judge for the assult but they refuse to cooperate. They are all sent to the state reformatory school run by the sadistic warden Morgan for two years. New deputy commissioner Mark Braden (Humphrey Bogart) attends the Kids' case and grows concerned. He checks up on them at the school. After some horrific discoveries, he fires four guards and the discredited doctor. He sets out to reform the reform school. The guard Cooper cozies up to Braden but secretly sows dissention among the boys.

      It's the second movie for the Dead End Kids. Their disruptive antics have already caused issues on the lot. Their antics on screen can be quite rough also. The movie starts with Spike almost killing a guy. These are no angels. That is interesting. The whip marks are really brutal. The characters are also oddly naive at times. Some of the Kids are interesting as they continue to rotate in and out from one movie to the next. There is no continuity which does devalue their story. It is an interesting aspect of depression era cinema.
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      • Release date
        • May 28, 1938 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Schule des Verbrechens
      • Filming locations
        • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
      • Production companies
        • First National Pictures
        • Warner Bros.
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 25 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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