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Boys Town
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Boys Town

Thu, Sep 8, 1938
  • Drama
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasThu, Sep 8, 1938New York City, New York
AU
  • In CinemasThu, Dec 22, 1938
FR
  • In CinemasWed, Dec 7, 1938
DE
  • PhysicalFri, Jun 17, 2022
JP
  • In CinemasThu, Oct 12, 1939
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    as Father Flanagan
  • Mickey Rooney
    Mickey Rooney
    as Whitey Marsh
  • Henry Hull
    Henry Hull
    as Dave Morris
  • Leslie Fenton
    Leslie Fenton
    as Dan Farrow
  • Gene Reynolds
    Gene Reynolds
    as Tony Ponessa
  • Edward Norris
    Edward Norris
    as Joe Marsh
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