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Boys Town

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

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.

Details

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Runtime

96 min

Release Date

1938-09-08

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Vote Count

90

Vote Average

6.7

Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Addison Richards

Judge

Minor Watson

Bishop

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

Martin Spellman

Skinny

Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson

Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller

Jimmy Butler

Paul Ferguson

Sidney Miller

Mo Kahn

Robert Emmett Keane

Burton

Victor Kilian

The Sheriff

Arthur Aylesworth

Tim (uncredited)

King Baggot

Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Nun (uncredited)

George Cooper

Tramp (uncredited)

Nell Craig

Nun (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Nun (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Gangster (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

William Worthington

Governor (uncredited)

John Wray

Weasel (uncredited)

Everett Brown

Darky

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