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Boys Town

Boys Town
★ 6.8/10•1938•1h 36m•NR•Drama

"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.

Norman Taurog · Director

Dore Schary · Screenplay

John Meehan · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 8, 1938

Actors

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Edward Norris

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Judge

Minor Watson

Minor Watson

Bishop

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Bobs Watson

Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

Martin Spellman

Martin Spellman

Skinny

Mickey Rentschler

Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson

Frankie Thomas

Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler

Paul Ferguson

Sidney Miller

Sidney Miller

Mo Kahn

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Burton

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