Boys Town 1938

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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Cast

• 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

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