Boys Town
08/09/1938
2h

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
Father Flanagan


Mickey Rooney
Whitey Marsh


Henry Hull
Dave Morris


Leslie Fenton
Dan Farrow


Gene Reynolds
Tony Ponessa


Edward Norris
Joe Marsh


Addison Richards
Judge


Minor Watson
Bishop


Jonathan Hale
John Hargraves


Bobs Watson
Pee Wee


Martin Spellman
Skinny


Mickey Rentschler
Tommy Anderson


Frankie Thomas
Freddie Fuller


Jimmy Butler
Paul Ferguson


Sidney Miller
Mo Kahn


Robert Emmett Keane
Burton


Victor Kilian
The Sheriff


Arthur Aylesworth
Tim (uncredited)


King Baggot
Derelict in Mission (uncredited)


Barbara Bedford
Nun (uncredited)


George Cooper
Tramp (uncredited)


Nell Craig
Nun (uncredited)


John Hamilton
Prison Warden (uncredited)


Claire McDowell
Nun (uncredited)


Jay Novello
Gangster (uncredited)


Phillip Terry
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)


William Worthington
Governor (uncredited)


John Wray
Weasel (uncredited)


Everett Brown
Darky
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