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Boys Town( 1938)

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"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.

    Top Billed 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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      Addison Richards

      Judge

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      Minor Watson

      Bishop

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      Jonathan Hale

      John Hargraves

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      Bobs Watson

      Pee Wee

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      Martin Spellman

      Skinny

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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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      Sidney Miller

      Mo Kahn

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      Robert Emmett Keane

      Burton

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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)

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      Everett Brown

      Darky

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • priest
    • juvenile delinquent
    • lincoln nebraska
    • boys' boarding school
    • nebraska
    • reform
    • accident
    • boys town