Boys Town
08/09/1938
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.
Movie Information
Spencer Tracy
as Father Flanagan
Mickey Rooney
as Whitey Marsh
Henry Hull
as Dave Morris
Leslie Fenton
as Dan Farrow
Gene Reynolds
as Tony Ponessa
Edward Norris
as Joe Marsh
Addison Richards
as Judge
Minor Watson
as Bishop
Jonathan Hale
as John Hargraves
Bobs Watson
as Pee Wee
Martin Spellman
as Skinny
Mickey Rentschler
as Tommy Anderson
Frankie Thomas
as Freddie Fuller
Jimmy Butler
as Paul Ferguson
Sidney Miller
as Mo Kahn
Robert Emmett Keane
as Burton
Victor Kilian
as The Sheriff
Arthur Aylesworth
as Tim (uncredited)
King Baggot
as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
as Nun (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Tramp (uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Nun (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
as Nun (uncredited)
Jay Novello
as Gangster (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Governor (uncredited)
John Wray
as Weasel (uncredited)
Everett Brown
as Darky
