Boys Town (1938)
"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"
96 min
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.
- Release date
- September 8, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Father Edward J. Flanagan
- Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh
- Henry Hull as Dave Morris
- Leslie Fenton as Dan Farrow
- Gene Reynolds as Tony Ponessa
- Edward Norris as Joe Marsh
- Addison Richards as The Judge
- Minor Watson as The Bishop
- Jonathan Hale as John Hargraves
- Bobs Watson as Pee Wee
Crew
- Norman Taurog · Director
- John Meehan · Writer
- Dore Schary · Writer
- Eleanore Griffin · Writer
- John W. Considine Jr. · Producer
- Edward Ward · Composer
- Sidney Wagner · Cinematographer
- Elmo Veron · Editor