'Crime School'
Crime School Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Lewis Seiler
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Written by	Crane Wilbur Vincent Sherman
Starring	Humphrey Bogart Leo Gorcey Billy Halop Huntz Hall Bernard Punsly Bobby Jordan Gabriel Dell
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Arthur Todd
Editing by	Terry Morse
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	May 28, 1938 (U.S.)
Running time	86 min.
Language	English
Preceded by	Dead End (1937)
Followed by	Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
IMDb profile

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Plot

A junkman is attacked by the Dead End Kids (Frankie (Billy Halop), Squirt (Bobby Jordan), Spike (Leo Gorcey), Goofy (Huntz Hall), Fats (Bernard Punsly), and Bugs (Gabriel Dell)) and suffers a concussion. When the court cannot convince them to admit which one stuck the damaging blow, they are all sent to reform school. Billy Halop (February 11, 1920) – (November 9, 1976) was an American actor. ... Bobby Jordan (April 1, 1923 - September 10, 1965) was born in Harrison, New York. ... Leo Gorcey (June 3, 1917 - June 2, 1969) is an American actor. ... Henry Huntz Hall, (August 15, 1919 - January 30, 1999) was a radio, theatrical and motion picture performer perhaps best known for his portrayal of the Dead End Kids in movies such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938). ... Bernard Punsley, also known as Bernard Punsly (July 11, 1923–January 20, 2004), was an American actor who left show business to become a physician. ... October 4, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York. ...

The superintendent of the state refomatories, Mark Braden (Humphrey Bogart), visits the school and find that it is being mismanaged. He fires all of the ex-convict guards, except Cooper (Weldon Heyburn), as a way of starting over. Morgan (Cy Kendall) is made warden and attempts to parole the kids, as well as romancing Sue Warren (Gale Page), Frankie's sister. Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... Gale Page (July 29, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American actress. ...

Meanwhile, Cooper is afraid that Braden will find out of Morgan's illegal use of the food budget, which would implicate him as well. He learns that Spile is the one who dealt the final blow to the junkman and blackmails him. He gets him to tell Frankie that Sue is being forced by Braden into paying for the special treatment that they have received. Although untrue, it causes the kids to escape the school.

They confront Braden once outside and discover the truth. Morgan calls the police as a ruse to get them to discover that the kids have escaped. Once they are back at the school, and the police arrive, Braden delivers evidence about Morgan, who is arrested.

Trivia

• As this was a Warner Bros. film and not a United Artists' film like Dead End, they advertised the kids as 'The Crime School Kids' in this film, and their next, Angels with Dirty Faces. However, the name did not catch on and they remained 'The Dead End Kids'.^[1]
• Before the film was released, Halop, Dell, Hall, and Punsly were released from their contracts by Warner Brothers and they went on to make a film at Universal, Little Tough Guy. The success of this film caused Warner to reconsider and they were rehired at a substantial raise.^[2]

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References

External link

• Crime School at the Internet Movie Database