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Boys Town

67 %|Sep 8, 1938|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Dore Schary
Screenplay
Norman Taurog
Director
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
Elmo Veron
Editor
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist

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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Jonathan Hale
John Hargraves
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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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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)