Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave, a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.
Sylvia Sidney
as Drina Gordon
Joel McCrea
as Dave
Humphrey Bogart
as 'Baby Face' Martin
Wendy Barrie
as Kay
Claire Trevor
as Francey
Allen Jenkins
as Hunk
Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Martin
Billy Halop
as Tommy Gordon
Huntz Hall
as Dippy
Bobby Jordan
as Angel
Leo Gorcey
as Spit
Gabriel Dell
as T.B.
