Boys Town
"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"
1938 | 96m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Norman Taurog |
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| Writer: | Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin, John Meehan |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 08, 1938 |
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| Director: | Norman Taurog |
| Writer: | Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin, John Meehan |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | priest, juvenile delinquent, lincoln nebraska, boys' boarding school, nebraska, reform, accident, boys town |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Martin Spellman | Skinny |
| Mickey Rentschler | Tommy Anderson |
| Frankie Thomas | Freddie Fuller |
| Jimmy Butler | Paul Ferguson |
| Sidney Miller | Mo Kahn |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Burton |
| 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) |
| Phillip Terry | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Worthington | Governor (uncredited) |
| John Wray | Weasel (uncredited) |
| Everett Brown | Darky |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Norman Taurog | Director |
| Dore Schary | Screenplay, Story |
| Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Horace Hough | Assistant Director |
| Edward Ward | Original Music Composer |
| Elmo Veron | Editor |
| Eleanore Griffin | Story |
| Urie McCleary | Assistant Art Director |
| Clarence J. Falk | Greensman |
| Leo Arnaud | Music Arranger |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Sidney Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Jay Marchant | Unit Manager |
| Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Joe Cooke | Unit Manager |
| Jack Mintz | Additional Writing |
| Carl Roup | Script Supervisor |
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| John Meehan | Screenplay |
| Slavko Vorkapich | Special Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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