Crime School (1938)
*** (out of 4)
The Dead End Kids gets sent off to reform school where they're beated and abused by the warden but a do-gooder (Humphrey Bogart) decides to clean things up and help the kids. This film isn't in the same league as Dead End, Angels With Dirty Faces or They Made Me a Criminal but it still works due to some unique casting. At first it's rather weird seeing Bogart playing the nerdy good guy but this wears off and he's actually pretty damn good in the film. After watching this I somewhat wished he had played more good guys that didn't use their muscles all the time.
*** (out of 4)
The Dead End Kids gets sent off to reform school where they're beated and abused by the warden but a do-gooder (Humphrey Bogart) decides to clean things up and help the kids. This film isn't in the same league as Dead End, Angels With Dirty Faces or They Made Me a Criminal but it still works due to some unique casting. At first it's rather weird seeing Bogart playing the nerdy good guy but this wears off and he's actually pretty damn good in the film. After watching this I somewhat wished he had played more good guys that didn't use their muscles all the time.
