Boys Town (1938)
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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Spencer Tracy
as Father Flanagan
as Father Flanagan
Mickey Rooney
as Whitey Marsh
as Whitey Marsh
Henry Hull
as Dave Morris
as Dave Morris
Leslie Fenton
as Dan Farrow
as Dan Farrow
Gene Reynolds
as Tony Ponessa
as Tony Ponessa
Edward Norris
as Joe Marsh
as Joe Marsh
Addison Richards
as Judge
as Judge
Minor Watson
as Bishop
as Bishop
Jonathan Hale
as John Hargraves
as John Hargraves
Bobs Watson
as Pee Wee
as Pee Wee
Martin Spellman
as Skinny
as Skinny
Mickey Rentschler
as Tommy Anderson
as Tommy Anderson
Frankie Thomas
as Freddie Fuller
as Freddie Fuller
Jimmy Butler
as Paul Ferguson
as Paul Ferguson
Sidney Miller
as Mo Kahn
as Mo Kahn
Robert Emmett Keane
as Burton
as Burton
Victor Kilian
as The Sheriff
as The Sheriff
Arthur Aylesworth
as Tim (uncredited)
as Tim (uncredited)
King Baggot
as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
as Nun (uncredited)
as Nun (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Tramp (uncredited)
as Tramp (uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Nun (uncredited)
as Nun (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
as Nun (uncredited)
as Nun (uncredited)
Jay Novello
as Gangster (uncredited)
as Gangster (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Governor (uncredited)
as Governor (uncredited)
John Wray
as Weasel (uncredited)
as Weasel (uncredited)
Everett Brown
as Darky
as Darky
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Norman Taurog
Director
Director
Dore Schary
Screenplay
Screenplay
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Art Direction
Joe Cooke
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Jay Marchant
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
John W. Considine Jr.
Producer
Producer
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Elmo Veron
Editor
Editor
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Leo Arnaud
Music Arranger
Music Arranger
Carl Roup
Script Supervisor
Script Supervisor
Clarence J. Falk
Greensman
Greensman
Slavko Vorkapich
Special Effects
Special Effects
Eleanore Griffin
Story
Story
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Assistant Art Director
Dore Schary
Story
Story
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Recording Supervision
Jack Mintz
Additional Writing
Additional Writing
Urie McCleary
Assistant Art Director
Assistant Art Director
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Orchestrator
John Meehan
Screenplay
Screenplay
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