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Boys Town

(1938)

September 8, 1938 1h 36m
68%
TMDB Score

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.

Norman Taurog

Director

Top Billed Cast

ST

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

MR

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

HH

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

LF

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

GR

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

EN

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

AR

Addison Richards

Judge

MW

Minor Watson

Bishop

JH

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

BW

Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

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