- Release Date: 1938
- Runtime: 85 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan ... see all
- Director: Lewis Seiler
- Plot: Deputy Commissioner of Correction Mark Braden finds a reform school in terrible condition and assumes control himself. He wins the boy's cooperation by being fair and falls in love with... Read more
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The Mayor of Heck
Jan 07, 2006
bkoganbing - imdb.com
Jan 07, 2006bkoganbing - imdb.com
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... Full review
a lesser quality re-hash of DEAD END
Dec 29, 2005
planktonrules - imdb.com
Dec 29, 2005planktonrules - imdb.com
This is a re-pairing of much of the cast of DEAD END--with the Dead End Kids and Humphrey Bogart together in the same film. The BIG difference this time is that instead of Bogey playing the nasty gangster, he is... Full review
Predictable vehicle for the Dead End Kids; watchable at the time
Apr 15, 2005
ironside - imdb.com
Apr 15, 2005ironside - imdb.com
"Crime School" is clearly from the same mold as "San Quentin" and Cagney's "The Mayor of Hell." It is a predictable vehicle for the Dead End Kids, in which Bogart played, in a dull, unemotional style, a deputy commissioner of... Full review
"It don't take no brain to get burned."
Oct 04, 2004
classicsoncall - imdb.com
Oct 04, 2004classicsoncall - imdb.com
In between 1937's "Dead End" and 1938's "Angels With Dirty Faces", came "Crime School", all three films teaming the Dead End Kids with Humphrey Bogart. "Dead End" first introduced the misfit gang of course, and not quite a year later... Full review
Straighten up & fly right
Mar 29, 2004
GULLWING592003 - imdb.com
Mar 29, 2004GULLWING592003 - imdb.com
A deputy corrections officer takes charge of a brutally sadistic reform school & in the process exposes & cleans up the corruption & riff raff behind the scenes is very good indeed & highly entertaining. Not a classic like "Dead... Full review
Excellent Film
Jan 21, 2004
Rita Belle - imdb.com
Jan 21, 2004Rita Belle - imdb.com
This is a great DEK flick, classic & appealing! I recommend this film before you see any other DEK film. This will get you acquainted with them and you will love watching the other films! My favorite character is Frankie... Full review
I was glued to the tv when this movie was on in the 1950's
Nov 11, 2003
hcd160 - imdb.com
Nov 11, 2003hcd160 - imdb.com
The guys were believable as every-day city guys. They had chips on their shoulders, for sure, but growing up poor in the lower east side of NYC in depression times would tend to tighten you up. They supported each other... Full review
Crime School is a mediocre film, but
Oct 23, 2002
emoreno-1 - imdb.com
Oct 23, 2002emoreno-1 - imdb.com
Crime School is a mediocre film, but still a good performance by Bogart. One of the Dead End Kids films, it struggles to keep you interested. The Dead End Kids are, well dead. The acting is very poor and the... Full review
Not Your Typical Kids
Oct 08, 2002
Brian Washington - imdb.com
Oct 08, 2002Brian Washington - imdb.com
This was the first "Dead End Kids" film that I watched and I really enjoyed it (too bad they don't show it on television anymore). When I first watched it, it was at a time when I thought all "kid... Full review
gang takes the rap for one kids mistake and are sent to run down "crime school"
Jan 10, 2000
cfhiesehse - imdb.com
Jan 10, 2000cfhiesehse - imdb.com
Great movie, well worth the search, great performances, and feeling of caring between the boys. Humphrey Bogart plays his role with an honesty that would be hard to break apart, his face screams "trust me", and so we do.... Full review
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