Good gangster picture that never shakes its stage origins.

Best thing about this movie is Gregg Toland's cinematography. Worst thing about this movie is Humprey Bogart is playing a character called 'Baby Face.' I don't care if it's a gangster name, Bogart was born looking like a 55 year-old lifelong chain-smoker.

The excellent cinematography allowed me to ignore the annoyingly unintelligible rabble of street urchins that dominate this stagey gangster flick.

Solid movie, with Bogart brilliant but under-used.

A bit stagey, a bit didactic, and a bit melodramatic. The best parts all involve the neighborhood kids, who seem very natural; the worst involve the story of Joel McCrea, who admittedly doesn't have much to work with.

Not particularly smooth or compelling, and it's hampered by its stagey presence, but there are a couple of redeeming scenes. Sort of reminded me of Lean's "This Happy Breed".