FILM

Boys Town (1938)

Name: Boys Town
Director: Norman Taurog
Genre: Drama
Released: 1938-09-08
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds

Film · 1938 · 96 min · NR · Drama

"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, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Minor Watson

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	9 September 1938
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	8 September 1938

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