poster

Boys Town

Drama

6.7

Release Date

September 8, 1938

Duration

96 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Spencer Tracy

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Mickey Rooney

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Henry Hull

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Leslie Fenton

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Gene Reynolds

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Edward Norris

Addison Richards

Judge

Addison Richards

Minor Watson

Bishop

Minor Watson

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Jonathan Hale

Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

Bobs Watson

Martin Spellman

Skinny

Martin Spellman

Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson

Mickey Rentschler

Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller

Frankie Thomas

Jimmy Butler

Paul Ferguson

Jimmy Butler

Sidney Miller

Mo Kahn

Sidney Miller

Robert Emmett Keane

Burton

Robert Emmett Keane

Victor Kilian

The Sheriff

Victor Kilian

Arthur Aylesworth

Tim (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

King Baggot

Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

King Baggot

Barbara Bedford

Nun (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

George Cooper

Tramp (uncredited)

George Cooper

Nell Craig

Nun (uncredited)

Nell Craig

John Hamilton

Prison Warden (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Claire McDowell

Nun (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Jay Novello

Gangster (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Phillip Terry

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

William Worthington

Governor (uncredited)

William Worthington

John Wray

Weasel (uncredited)

John Wray

Everett Brown

Darky

Everett Brown

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