Boys Town
(1938)

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

Released: 1938-09-08

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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.

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Spencer Tracy

as Father Flanagan

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Mickey Rooney

as Whitey Marsh

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Henry Hull

as Dave Morris

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Leslie Fenton

as Dan Farrow

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Gene Reynolds

as Tony Ponessa

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Edward Norris

as Joe Marsh

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Jonathan Hale

as John Hargraves

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Bobs Watson

as Pee Wee

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Frankie Thomas

as Freddie Fuller

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Jimmy Butler

as Paul Ferguson

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Victor Kilian

as The Sheriff

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Arthur Aylesworth

as Tim (uncredited)

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King Baggot

as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

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Barbara Bedford

as Nun (uncredited)

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Edward Ward

Original Music Composer

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Sidney Wagner

Director of Photography

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Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

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Jack Dawn

Makeup Artist

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Joe Cooke

Unit Manager

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Jay Marchant

Unit Manager

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Horace Hough

Assistant Director

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Jack Mintz

Additional Writing

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Urie McCleary

Assistant Art Director

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Edwin B. Willis

Assistant Art Director

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Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

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Slavko Vorkapich

Special Effects

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