Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
Overview
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.627 |
Directed By
Archie Mayo
TOP CAST
Joel McCrea
Joe Meadows
Andrea Leeds
Helen Brown
Frank Jenks
Frank Munson
Dorothea Kent
Jean
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Merrivale
Virginia Grey
Madge
Grant Mitchell
Duke
Henry Mollison
Dunham
Brandon Tynan
Tad
Oscar O'Shea
Captain Walters
Granville Bates
Mr. Judd
Roger Davis
Floorwalker
Marion Martin
Girl on Beach
Olaf Hytten
Dunham's Butler
Willie Best
George
Catherine Proctor
Mrs. Aspitt
Yvonne Boisseau
Miss Beaton
Arthur Housman
First Communist
John Sheehan
Second Communist
Chester Clute
Salesman
Wade Boteler
Tugboat Captain
Tom Dugan
Bum
Eddie Acuff
Bum
Pat West
Watchman
Edwin August
Railroad Conductor
Joyce Bryant
Switchboard Operator
Nick Copeland
Minor Role
Neal Dodd
Minister
Edward Earle
Businessman
Mary Field
Maid
Jennifer Gray
Switchboard Operator
Evie Wynn Johnson
Switchboard Operator
Marjorie Kane
Switchboard Operator
Helen Lynd
Girl
Kathryn Marlowe
Switchboard Operator
George Offerman, Jr.
Slim
Marion Pierce
Switchboard Operator
Edward Ryan
Boy
Charles Sullivan
Sailor
Frank Sully
Jim
Emmett Vogan
Businessman
Beryl Wallace
Switchboard Operator
Solly Ward
Minor Role
Anne Wigton
Switchboard Operator
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