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Boys Town(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-09-08
67%
90 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Boys Town
Top 10 Billed 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
Video Trailer Boys Town
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Boys Town Official Trailer #1 - Mickey Rooney Movie (1938) HD - Trailer
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