Dead End is a 1937 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written by Lillian Hellman and Sidney Kingsley. The movie is directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn under the banner of Samuel Goldwyn Productions. The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum. Dead end stars Sylvia Sidney, Joel Mccrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins and Gertrude Valerie. The screenplay is written by Lillian Hellman which is inspired from Dead End 1936 play by Sidney Kingsley Norman Bel Geddes. The music was composed by Alfred Newman. Cinematography was done by Gregg Toland and editing by Daniel Mandell. The motion picture has a running time of 93 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Dead End was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by United Artists.