Boys Town

Boys Town (1938)

Released: 1938-09-08 Duration: 1hr 36min
Genres: Drama
Rating 6.7
"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.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 3.178

Directed By

Norman Taurog

Crew

Director
Norman Taurog
Screenplay
Dore Schary
Original Music Composer
Edward Ward
Director of Photography
Sidney Wagner
Editor
Elmo Veron
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Makeup Artist
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Robert J. Schiffer
Unit Manager
Joe Cooke
Unit Manager
Jay Marchant
Assistant Director
Horace Hough
Additional Writing
Jack Mintz
Assistant Art Director
Urie McCleary
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Greensman
Clarence J. Falk
Recording Supervision
Douglas Shearer
Special Effects
Slavko Vorkapich
Script Supervisor
Carl Roup
Music Arranger
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Leonid Raab
Screenplay
John Meehan

TOP CAST

Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull
Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton
Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds
Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Edward Norris
Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Bobs Watson
Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

Mickey Rentschler
Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson

Frankie Thomas
Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

Paul Ferguson

Victor Kilian
Victor Kilian

The Sheriff

Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur Aylesworth

Tim (uncredited)

King Baggot
King Baggot

Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford

Nun (uncredited)

George Cooper
George Cooper

Tramp (uncredited)

Nell Craig
Nell Craig

Nun (uncredited)

John Hamilton
John Hamilton

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell

Nun (uncredited)

Jay Novello
Jay Novello

Gangster (uncredited)

Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

William Worthington
William Worthington

Governor (uncredited)

John Wray
John Wray

Weasel (uncredited)

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