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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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Sep 9, 1938
DVD / Blu-ray
May 9, 2000
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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The greatest heart drama of the year.
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A Boy's Struggle Against His Fate
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The life story of a boy who was "born to be hung"!
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Boys Town Collection
Movies about the catholic Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886–1948)
Cast
Full credits →S
Spencer Tracy
Father Flanagan
M
Mickey Rooney
Whitey Marsh
H
Henry Hull
Dave Morris
L
Leslie Fenton
Dan Farrow
G
Gene Reynolds
Tony Ponessa
E
Edward Norris
Joe Marsh
A
Addison Richards
Judge
M
Minor Watson
Bishop
J
Jonathan Hale
John Hargraves
B
Bobs Watson
Pee Wee
M
Martin Spellman
Skinny
M
Mickey Rentschler
Tommy Anderson
F
Frankie Thomas
Freddie Fuller
J
Jimmy Butler
Paul Ferguson
S
Sidney Miller
Mo Kahn
R
Robert Emmett Keane
Burton
V
Victor Kilian
The Sheriff
A
Arthur Aylesworth
Tim (uncredited)
K
King Baggot
Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
B
Barbara Bedford
Nun (uncredited)
