Strada sbarrata
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Come si svolge la vita in un quartiere dell'East Side di New York dove i ragazzi del popolo giocano per la strada a contatto con i gangster e i palazzi dei ricchi. Scritto da Lillian Hellman, è un sagace adattamento di un dramma (1935) di Sidney Kingsley dove, accanto ad attori famosi, c'è da ammirare la banda dei Dead End Kids, la fotografia di G. Toland e la brava C. Trevor. Girato interamente in studio con fondali dipinti. Questa accentuazione della sua dimensione teatrale diventa un espediente quasi brechtiano per comunicare che la storia in corso è rappresentativa di una vasta realtà.
(1937) Crime , Dramma
Data rilascio : 27/08/1937
regia di William Wyler
Budget : 900.000,00 $
Cast
Sylvia Sidney - Drina Gordon
Joel McCrea - Dave
Humphrey Bogart - 'Baby Face' Martin
Wendy Barrie - Kay
Claire Trevor - Francey
Allen Jenkins - Hunk
Marjorie Main - Mrs. Martin
Billy Halop - Tommy Gordon
Huntz Hall - Dippy
Bobby Jordan - Angel
Leo Gorcey - Spit
Gabriel Dell - T.B.
Bernard Punsly - Milty
Charles Peck - Philip
Minor Watson - Mr. Griswald
James Burke - Police Officer Mulligan
Elisabeth Risdon - Mrs. Connell
Esther Dale - Mrs. Fenner
George Humbert - Pascagli
Marcelle Corday - Governess
Ward Bond - Doorman
Don Barry - Dr. Flynn, Intern (Uncredited)
Wade Boteler - Policeman at Killing (Uncredited)
Al Bridge - Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
G. Pat Collins - Detective at Killing (Uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson - Police Lieutenant at Killing (Uncredited)
Tom Ricketts - Old Man (Uncredited)
Walter Soderling - Coroner at Killing (Uncredited)
Earl Askam - Griswald's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Gilbert Clayton - Man with Weak Voice (Uncredited)
Jerry Cooper - Baby (Uncredited)
Bill Dagwell - Drunk (Uncredited)
Bud Geary - Kay's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Charles Halton - Whitey (Uncredited)
Robert Homans - Policeman on Morning Beat (Uncredited)
Esther Howard - Neighbor with Coarse Voice (Uncredited)
Kathryn Ann Lujan - Milty's Sister (Uncredited)
Mona Monet - Nurse (Uncredited)
Gertrude Valerie - Old Lady with Old Man (Uncredited)
Charlotte Treadway - Woman with Poodle (Uncredited)
Maude Lambert - Woman with Poodle (Uncredited)
Lucile Browne - Well-Dressed Woman (Uncredited)
Frank Shields - Well-Dressed Man (Uncredited)
Wesley Giraud - Tough Boy Looking for Fight (Uncredited)
Mickey Martin - Tough Boy Looking for Fight (Uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson - Boy on Dock (Uncredited)
Sidney Kibrick - Boy (Uncredited)
Larry Harris - Boy (Uncredited)
Norman Salling - Boy (Uncredited)
Hugh Sheridan - Boy (Uncredited)
Audrey Carol - Girl (Uncredited)
Paula Hariette Levy - Girl (Uncredited)
Tom Randall - Boy (Uncredited)