Back in 1964, when I was 12 years old I saw my first Dead End Kid film, thetitle of the film was Crime School. After watching it I learn all about theDead End Kids and their lives on and off the big screen.Over the past 40 years, I became friends with many of the actors whoportrayed the kids, and the actors who worked with them in their films. Ihave had the great pleasure of becoming friends with Billy Halop, HuntzHall, Gabe Dell, Bernard Punsly, Billy Benedict, Bennie Bartlett, StanleyClements, Pepe Hern, Joe Turkel, Eugene Francis, Johnny Duncan, DavidGorcey, Jimmy McCallon, Frankie Thomas, Eddie Le Roy, Bill Lawrence and KeyeLuke. My greatest joy is my friendship over the past 30 years with MendieKoenig (Mendie was a dear Dead End Kids friend-I think of him often), DickChandlee, Johnny Duncan and Eugene Francis.I have collected thousands of 8x10 stills, countless posters, lobby cardsand anything I can find that has to do with the Dead End Kids. I hope youthe reader will enjoy your travels as you thumb thru the pages and look atthe pictures that I have collected. ­ Richard Roat