How does This Day and Age end?

In the final act ("The Public Confession"): The mob marches Garrett to city hall to secure a witnessed confession, effectively dismantling his operation. The students face ironic consequences as they are arrested for a stolen car while listening to the news.

This Day and Age (1933) — AI Story Visualization

Name: This Day and Age
Genre: crime, drama, romance
Released: 1933
Rating: 5

Plot Analysis Summary

A group of high school students takes the law into their own hands to expose a corrupt crime boss after the justice system fails.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Illusion of Authority

The Failure of Justice

The Student Uprising

The Brickyard Justice

The Public Confession

A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.

Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Key Cast

Charles Bickford — Louis Garrett
Richard Cromwell — Steve Smith
Judith Allen — Gay Merrick
Bradley Page — Toledo
Harry Green — Herman

Rating: 5/10 (3 votes)