Film

Boys Town

1938 · 1h 36m · Drama

"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

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.

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

• Norman TaurogDirector
• Dore ScharyScreenplay · Story
• John MeehanScreenplay
• Eleanore GriffinStory
• John W. Considine Jr.Producer
• Sidney WagnerDirector of Photography
• Edward WardOriginal Music Composer
• Elmo VeronEditor

Boys Town ≣ 1938 ≣ TrailerBoys Town Official Trailer #1 - Mickey Rooney Movie (1938) HD

Release date

September 8, 1938

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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