Dead End (1937) NTSC DVD5

Dead End is a movie whose message is just as pertinent today as it was over 70 years ago. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t, where the damning all boils up around choosing to live an honorable life, which in this neighborhood means living in abject poverty, or taking the predatory route and living life like a rich hobo, never knowing when the heavies are going to come down on you. It revels in this catch 22, but not unnecessarily so. Adding fuel to the cooking pot are those old money

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