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Boys Town

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

  • Movie
  • 1938
  • NR
  • 1h 36m

Directed by Norman Taurog

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 111 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Spencer Tracy

    Spencer TracyFather Flanagan

  • Mickey Rooney

    Mickey RooneyWhitey Marsh

  • Henry Hull

    Henry HullDave Morris

  • Leslie Fenton

    Leslie FentonDan Farrow

  • Gene Reynolds

    Gene ReynoldsTony Ponessa

  • Edward Norris

    Edward NorrisJoe Marsh

  • Addison Richards

    Addison RichardsJudge

  • Minor Watson

    Minor WatsonBishop

  • Jonathan Hale

    Jonathan HaleJohn Hargraves

  • Bobs Watson

    Bobs WatsonPee Wee

  • Martin Spellman

    Martin SpellmanSkinny

  • Mickey Rentschler

    Mickey RentschlerTommy Anderson

  • Frankie Thomas

    Frankie ThomasFreddie Fuller

  • Jimmy Butler

    Jimmy ButlerPaul Ferguson

  • Sidney Miller

    Sidney MillerMo Kahn

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    Robert Emmett KeaneBurton

  • Victor Kilian

    Victor KilianThe Sheriff

  • Arthur Aylesworth

    Arthur AylesworthTim (uncredited)

Director
Norman Taurog
Writer
Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin and John Meehan
Music
Edward Ward
Cinematography
Sidney Wagner