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Boys Town

1938 • 1h36m Drama

Rating

6.8/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Norman Taurog

Screenplay

Dore Schary

John Meehan

Cast

Spencer Tracy

Mickey Rooney

Henry Hull

Release date

9/8/1938

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

98