Boys Town (1938)

Name: Boys Town
Director: Norman Taurog
Genre: Drama
Released: 1938
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Addison Richards, Bobs Watson, Edward Norris, Frankie Thomas, Gene Reynolds

Drama

6.8 (109 votes)

1h 36m

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.

Details

Director: Norman Taurog
Writer: Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin, John Meehan
Original Language: English
Budget: N/A

Cast

Addison Richards Bobs Watson Edward Norris Frankie Thomas Gene Reynolds Henry Hull Jimmy Butler Jonathan Hale Leslie Fenton Martin Spellman Mickey Rentschler Mickey Rooney Minor Watson Sidney Miller Spencer Tracy