Boys Town (1938)

09/08/1938 (US) • 1h 36m

Drama

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves


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Part of the Boys Town Collection

Includes Boys Town, Men of Boys Town

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

priest

juvenile delinquent

lincoln nebraska

boys' boarding school

nebraska

reform

accident

boys town

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