the film begin with a bunch of kid in reform school and focus on a kid name gabe and who have apparently work hard to earn his parole . gabe and his sister move to a new neighborhood to make a fresh start and soon gabe meet up with the dead end kid . the kid in this film be little punk and but they be much less antisocial than they would be in other previous film and down deep and they be well mean punk . however and in this neighborhood there be also some criminal who be perpetrate insurance fraud through arson and see gabe a a convenient scapegoat after all and he would be to reform school and no one would believe he be innocent once he be frame . so and when gabe be about ready to be send back to the big house and it up to the rest of the gang to save him and expose the real crook . the dead end kid appear in several warner brother film in the late 1930s and the film be generally very good ( particularly angel with dirty face ) . however and after the boy contract expire and they go on to monogram studio and the film and to put it charitably and be very weak and formulaic with huntz hall and leo gorcey be pretty much the whole show and the group be rename the bowery boy . because angel wash their face have the excellent writing and production value and hall and gorcey be not constantly mug for the camera and it a pretty good film and almost earn a score of 7 ( it real close ) . in fact and while this isn not a great film aesthetically and it sure a lot of fun to watch and so i will give it a 7. sure and it be a tad hokey particularly towards the end when the kid take the law into their own hand and reagan ignore the bill of right but it be also quite entertaining . the dead end kid be do their best performance and ronald reagan and ann sheridan provide excellent support . sure and this part of the film be illogical and impossible but somehow it be still funny and rather charm so if you can suspend disbelief and it work well .