Boy Friend

May 19, 1939

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Jane's gone romantic... but in that wild Withers way!

Overview

A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Boy Friend Trailers

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Cast

Sally Murphy

Jane Withers

Sue Duffy

Arleen Whelan

Billy Bradley

George Ernest

Jimmy Murphy

Richard Bond

Ed Boyd

Douglas Fowley

Greenberg

Warren Hymer

Tommy Bradley

Robert Kellard

Capt. Duffy

Minor Watson

Cracker

Robert Shaw

Callahan

Ted Pearson

Arizona (as William H. Conselman Jr.)

William Conselman Jr.

Mrs. Murphy

Myra Marsh

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