Bad Little Angel(1939)
IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Movie: Bad Little Angel
Top 10 Billed Cast
Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Luther Marvin
Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Mrs. Perkins
Edwards, Marvin's Valet
Red Wilks
Mrs. Ellen Creighton
John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
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