Boys Town
Boys Town

Boys Town (1938)

1938-09-08

(US) •

Drama

"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"

6.8/10

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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.

Movie Cast

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Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

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Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

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Henry Hull

Dave Morris

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Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

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Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

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Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

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Addison Richards

Judge

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Minor Watson

Bishop

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Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

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Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

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Martin Spellman

Skinny

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Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson

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Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller

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Jimmy Butler

Paul Ferguson

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Sidney Miller

Mo Kahn

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Robert Emmett Keane

Burton

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Victor Kilian

The Sheriff

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Arthur Aylesworth

Tim (uncredited)

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King Baggot

Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

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Barbara Bedford

Nun (uncredited)

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George Cooper

Tramp (uncredited)

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Nell Craig

Nun (uncredited)

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John Hamilton

Prison Warden (uncredited)

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Claire McDowell

Nun (uncredited)

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Jay Novello

Gangster (uncredited)

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Phillip Terry

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

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William Worthington

Governor (uncredited)

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John Wray

Weasel (uncredited)

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Everett Brown

Darky