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Boys Town

Not Rated
Drama
6.7/10(85 ratings)

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.

09-08-1938
1h 36m
Boys Town
Backdrop for Boys Town

Main Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Dave Morris

Dan Farrow

Tony Ponessa

Joe Marsh

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Judge

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Norman Taurog
Production:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Key Crew

Screenplay:
Dore Schary
Director:
Norman Taurog
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Producer:
John W. Considine Jr.
Unit Manager:
Jay Marchant

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en