Boys Town (1938)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.178 |
Directed By
Norman Taurog
Crew
Norman Taurog
Dore Schary
John W. Considine Jr.
Edward Ward
Sidney Wagner
Elmo Veron
Cedric Gibbons
Jack Dawn
Robert J. Schiffer
Joe Cooke
Jay Marchant
Horace Hough
Dore Schary
Eleanore Griffin
Jack Mintz
Urie McCleary
Edwin B. Willis
Clarence J. Falk
Douglas Shearer
Slavko Vorkapich
Carl Roup
Leo Arnaud
Paul Marquardt
Leonid Raab
John Meehan
TOP 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
Addison Richards
Judge
Minor Watson
Bishop
Jonathan Hale
John Hargraves
Bobs Watson
Pee Wee
Martin Spellman
Skinny
Mickey Rentschler
Tommy Anderson
Frankie Thomas
Freddie Fuller
Jimmy Butler
Paul Ferguson
Sidney Miller
Mo Kahn
Robert Emmett Keane
Burton
Victor Kilian
The Sheriff
Arthur Aylesworth
Tim (uncredited)
King Baggot
Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Nun (uncredited)
George Cooper
Tramp (uncredited)
Nell Craig
Nun (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Nun (uncredited)
Jay Novello
Gangster (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
William Worthington
Governor (uncredited)
John Wray
Weasel (uncredited)
Everett Brown
Darky
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