Skip to content

Discussion of "Dead End"

Photo of Stephen Reginald
Hosted By
Stephen R.
Discussion of "Dead End"

Details

Dead End (1937) is a crime melodrama directed by William Wyler and starring Sylvia Sidney and Joel McCrea. The supporting cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barie, Claire Trevor, and Allen Jenkins. The screenplay was written by Lillian Hellman, and based on the play Dead End (1935) by Sidney Kingsley. The cinematography was by Greg Toland (Citizen Kane, Wuthering Heights, The Best Years of Our Lives) and the music was by Alfred Newman.

To learn more about the film and the people who made it, click the link to my blog post below.

https://classicmovieman.blogspot.com/2022/08/sylvia-sidney-and-joel-mccrea-star-in.html

To watch the film on YouTube, click on the link below.

https://youtu.be/UvZJwZf-dVQ

Photo of Chicago Film Club Meetup Group group
Chicago Film Club Meetup Group
See more events