Boys Town (1938)

EnglishFilm193896 minDrama★ 6.8/10

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

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.

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Starring

Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull

Music

Edward Ward

Released

1938-09-08

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