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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) a score of 3.0872 out of 4

based on (25) reviews

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filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Plot Details: This opinion reveals major details about the movie's plot The great success of "Dead End", the 1937 film that starred Joel McCrae, Humphrey Bogart, and the 'Dead End' kids, inevitably led to a sequel. "Angels with Dirty Faces" reunited...read the complete Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

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Casablanca director Michael Curtiz turned in this pioneering entry in 1938 -- part of the budding street urchin genre that posed the question of what society would do with its troubled kids. Starring the Dead End Kids (a group of hooligans akin to the...read the complete Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) review at filmcritic.com

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Boxoffice Magazine

Six of the greatest Warner Bros. gangster noirs of the '30s and '40s constitute the fabulous new batch-release of the "Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters" label. The films included are all classics with names as infamous as their grizzled, down-and-dirty...read the complete Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) review at Boxoffice Magazine