Boys Town (1938)
Genre: Drama / Biography
Duration: 98 minuten
Alternative title: Jongens-stad
Country:
United States
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney and Henry Hull
IMDb score:
7,2 (6.951)
Releasedate: 8 September 1938
Boys Town plot
""No boy is bad, if given a chance!""
Father Edward Flanagan is convinced that every boy is basically good, if given a fair chance. He founds Boys Town, a kind of youth institution that is difficult to educate. Whitey grows up gallows and rad in his big brother's gang, but ends up in Boys Town. A little later he flees again. Father Flanagan wants both to get Whitey back and to raise money to continue building Boys Town.
Actors and actresses
Father Flanagan
Whitey Marsh
Dave Morris
Dan Farrow
Tony Ponessa
Joe Marsh
Judge
Bishop
John Hargraves
Pee Wee
Pre- and sequels
Men of Boys Town
1941
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