Boys Town

6.7 / 10

(95 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

96 minutes

Year:

1938

Director:

Norman Taurog

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Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast:
Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Crew:
Norman Taurog

Director

Dore Schary

Screenplay

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Joe Cooke

Unit Manager

Jay Marchant

Unit Manager