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Boys Town

“"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"”

Movie
6.8
Rating
(96 votes)
1h 36m
Runtime
1938
Released
1
Popularity

Genres

Drama

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Title

Boys Town

Release Date

1938-09-08

Languages

English

Directors

Norman TaurogNorman Taurog

Writers

Dore Schary
Dore ScharyScreenplay
Dore Schary
Dore ScharyStory
Eleanore GriffinStory
John Meehan
John MeehanScreenplay

Cast

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

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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

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

The Sheriff

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Tim (uncredited)

King Baggot

King Baggot

Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

Nun (uncredited)

George Cooper

George Cooper

Tramp (uncredited)

Nell Craig

Nell Craig

Nun (uncredited)

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

Nun (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Jay Novello

Gangster (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

William Worthington

William Worthington

Governor (uncredited)

John Wray

John Wray

Weasel (uncredited)

Everett Brown

Darky

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