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Boys Town

1938Directed by Norman Taurog1h 36m

"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.

  • Drama

Cast

  • Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan
  • Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh
  • Henry Hull as Dave Morris
  • Leslie Fenton as Dan Farrow
  • Gene Reynolds as Tony Ponessa
  • Edward Norris as Joe Marsh
  • Addison Richards as Judge
  • Minor Watson as Bishop
  • Jonathan Hale as John Hargraves
  • Bobs Watson as Pee Wee
  • Martin Spellman as Skinny
  • Mickey Rentschler as Tommy Anderson
  • Frankie Thomas as Freddie Fuller
  • Jimmy Butler as Paul Ferguson
  • Sidney Miller as Mo Kahn
  • Robert Emmett Keane as Burton

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