Hell's Kitchen is a 1939 Warner Bros. film starring Ronald Reagan and The Dead End Kids. Buck Caesar is a paroled convict who makes a contribution to a reform school on the advice of his nephew, Jim Donahue , a lawyer. Jim feels that the boys in the reform school, including Tony , Gyp , Joey , Bongo , Ace , and "Ouch" , could benefit from the contribution and he believes the publicity from it will help his uncle. The superintendent, Krispan , does not want the contribution to lead to an audit, as he has been carrying two sets of financial books. He gets a professional hockey team to... substitute for the team his school will be playing. His reasoning is that Buck will place a large bet on the school and lose, thereby getting him angry and possibly violent, which would violate his parole and send him back to prison. Buck does proceed to get angry and punches the opposing coach and then hides to avoid arrest. Krispan continues in his role as ruler of the school, which had deteriorated under Buck's influence.
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| Release date: | July 8, 1939 |
| Directed by: | Ewald André Dupont, Lewis Seiler |
| Runtime: | 82 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mark Hellinger, Bryan Foy |
| Music by: | Ray Heindorf, Heinz Eric Roemheld |
| Cinematography: | Charles Rosher |