Boys Town

Sep 8, 1938

1h 36m

★ 6.7

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Boys Town Trailers

Cast

Father Flanagan

Spencer Tracy

Whitey Marsh

Mickey Rooney

Dave Morris

Henry Hull

Dan Farrow

Leslie Fenton

Tony Ponessa

Gene Reynolds

Joe Marsh

Edward Norris

Judge

Addison Richards

Bishop

Minor Watson

John Hargraves

Jonathan Hale

Pee Wee

Bobs Watson

Skinny

Martin Spellman

Tommy Anderson

Mickey Rentschler

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