"Crime School" wouldn't have done many favours for Humphrey Bogart's career. When this film was released in 1938, the actor wasn't yet a star and had no choice but to accept any and all films the studio gave him. A remake of the 1933 film "The Mayor of Hell" with James Cagney, "Crime School" features the Dead End Kids who are sent to some kind of reform school after being caught committing a burglary. They come up against a ruthless and sadistic warden. At least Bogart is cast on the right side of the law for a change. He plays a social worker who is determined to protect all the boys at the reform school from further ill treatment. Nothing much to say in this film's favour and I daresay it didn't make much money at the box office.
Review of Crime School
