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Boys Town

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1938
1h 36m
English
Drama
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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

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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
Minor Watson
Jonathan Hale
John Hargraves
Bobs Watson
Martin Spellman
Mickey Rentschler
Tommy Anderson
Frankie Thomas
Freddie Fuller
Jimmy Butler
Paul Ferguson
Sidney Miller
Robert Emmett Keane
Victor Kilian
The Sheriff
Arthur Aylesworth
Tim (uncredited)
King Baggot
Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Nun (uncredited)
George Cooper
Tramp (uncredited)
Nell Craig
Nun (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Nun (uncredited)
Jay Novello
Gangster (uncredited)
Directed By: Norman Taurog
Written By: Dore Schary (Screenplay), John Meehan (Screenplay), + 1 more

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TKPNPodcast says...
2 years ago
There is a reason this is a classic and I think it is a good movie during Christmas because of the tenderness at the heart of the film. Stellar performances by Tracy and Rooney elevate the material.
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