Cinco adolescentes, liderados por Jimmy Smith, son enviados a un reformatorio. El subdirector Patsy Gargan, un ex gángster, se enamora de la enfermera Dorothy y reforma el lugar. Sin embargo... Leer todoCinco adolescentes, liderados por Jimmy Smith, son enviados a un reformatorio. El subdirector Patsy Gargan, un ex gángster, se enamora de la enfermera Dorothy y reforma el lugar. Sin embargo, Thompson conspira para desacreditar a Gargan.Cinco adolescentes, liderados por Jimmy Smith, son enviados a un reformatorio. El subdirector Patsy Gargan, un ex gángster, se enamora de la enfermera Dorothy y reforma el lugar. Sin embargo, Thompson conspira para desacreditar a Gargan.
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- 2 premios ganados en total
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- (as George Pat Collins)
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Opiniones destacadas
Intense, gritty drama that tackles the issue of juvenile crime and how to deal with it. Strong writing with some good characters. Cagney's excellent in one of his best and probably most underrated films. The kid actors are all terrific and believable. Dudley Digges is a particularly evil villain. Backed up by a typically solid WB stable of supporting actors. Jaw-dropping climax is one of the best finishes to any movie of this decade. Remade as Crime School, with Humphrey Bogart and the Dead End Kids. That one's not bad but it's not nearly as powerful as this one.
It takes the entrance of Cagney to change things around, an ex- gangster who has been deputized to help run things at the reformatory and who sympathizes with the plights of the boys, especially Darro who reminds him of his own tough days as a street punk. JAMES CAGNEY puts all of his usual energy into the role of the do-gooder who changes things around, along with cooperative Nurse Griffith (MADGE EVANS), and is there when the going gets tough and things revert back to their nasty ways during his brief absence.
The last half-hour of the film gets a little too melodramatic as the kids take matters into their own hands after the warden causes the death of one of their fellow inmates. There's a climactic scene where they put him on trial. When he escapes their clutches by jumping out a window, a chase follows and a barn is burned down forcing him to jump to his death. The plot contrivances that follow are hard to swallow, but for Jimmy and Madge Evans at least there's a happy ending.
ALLEN JENKINS is a welcome presence for comic relief but the tone of the film borders on heavy prison melodrama almost all the way.
DUDLEY DIGGES plays the unsympathetic role of the sadistic warden fairly well, but I still think of him as the befuddled detective who has a hard time pinning down RAFFLES (Ronald Colman) in that Scotland Yard yarn.
For Cagney fans, this is a glimpse of him at his talented best in an early role. Archie Mayo directs the project in his brisk, no nonsense Warner style.
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- TriviaJimmy and his gang go into a tobacco shop, and he orders some "Navy Twist" for his "old man." Also known as Navy tobacco, Navy cut, and Navy flake, the tobacco is twisted into a roll. For smoking, a slice (called a "twist" or "curly") is cut off and used in a pipe or sometimes to make a cigarette. Eventually, all twisted or pressed tobacco was called "Navy."
- ErroresWhen Dorothy goes into her office and locks Patsy out, there is a table outside the door on which four books are resting. In the next shot, a closeup of the table top, there are only two books.
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Lawyer: Tell us what you know, I said! Never mind what you think!
Mr. Hemingway: Excuse me, boss. I ain't no lawyer. I can't talk without thinkin'.
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Detalles
Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 229,000 (estimado)
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 30min(90 min)
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1