Boys Town (1938)

Drama

The 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.

Updated May 11 2020

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1938-09-09

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Keywords:

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FACTS

Runtime: 96 mins Rating: 6.7 Tag Line: No boy is bad, if given a chance!

Cast

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Minor Watson

The Bishop

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller