Release Date: 1938
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 26 min
Plot Summary
In London, orphan Geoff Bramer (Freddie Bartholomew) helps thieves Doris (Gale Sondergaard) and Jim (George Zucco) with a racket stealing from jewelry stores. Once apprehended, Geoff is sent to a mariner's academy run by kindly headmaster Capt. Briggs (Charles Coburn) that houses orphaned boys. Geoff resists the school's discipline and runs away, but school leader Terry O'Mulvaney (Mickey Rooney) brings him back, then refuses to tell on him -- prompting Geoff to reconsider his attitude.
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney, Charles Coburn, Herbert Mundin, Terry Kilburn, Gale Sondergaard, Peter Lawford, Walter Tetley
Director: Sam Wood
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords: Cheeky, Friendship, Transformation, London, Growing up, Wife, Friend, 1930s
