

THE DEAD END KIDS versus THE LITTLE TOUGH GUYS Clashing head on...for control of the gutter!
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.
Ed Hogan
The film's tagline is: "THE DEAD END KIDS versus THE LITTLE TOUGH GUYS Clashing head on...for control of the gutter!"
The runtime is 65 minutes (1h 5m).
The film was directed by Arthur Lubin.
The screenplay was written by Arthur T. Horman.
Cinematography was handled by Elwood Bredell.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0031130.

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1938
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1939
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Great
1 votes
Call a Messenger
Released
NR
English
United States of America
