poster

1938

NR (09/08/1938) (US)

Drama,

1h 36m

67

User Score

"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.

1938

67

User Score

NR (09/08/1938) (US)

Drama,

1h 36m

"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.

Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Edward Norris

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Mickey Rentschler

Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson

Frankie Thomas

Frankie Thomas

Freddie Fuller

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler

Paul Ferguson

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

The Sheriff

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Tim (uncredited)

King Baggot

King Baggot

Derelict in Mission (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

Nun (uncredited)