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"No boy is bad, if given a chance!" - Boys Town
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Title: Boys Town

Release Date: 8 Sep 1938

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Drama

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.733 (90 votes)

Cast

  • Father Flanagan: Spencer Tracy
  • Whitey Marsh: Mickey Rooney
  • Dave Morris: Henry Hull
  • Dan Farrow: Leslie Fenton
  • Tony Ponessa: Gene Reynolds
  • Joe Marsh: Edward Norris
  • Judge: Addison Richards
  • Bishop: Minor Watson
  • John Hargraves: Jonathan Hale
  • Pee Wee: Bobs Watson
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