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Boys Town is a 1938 American biographical drama film directed by Norman Taurog. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the movie features Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, and Leslie Fenton in the cast. The screenplay was written by Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary, and John Meehan, with Edward Ward composing the music. The narrative is set in Nebraska, specifically referencing Lincoln and a boys' boarding school.
The film received two Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Story, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. It holds a review score of 7.2 out of 10 and a 90% rating. The runtime is 96 minutes, and it was released in black-and-white. The tagline states, "No boy is bad, if given a chance!"
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6.8Devout 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- priest
- juvenile delinquent
- catholic
- lincoln nebraska
- boys' boarding school
- nebraska
- reform
- accident
- boys town
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
6,657 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
- Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Family
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Norman Taurog
- Screenwriter
- John Meehan
- Cast member
- Jay Novello
- Composer
- Edward Ward
- Producer
- John W. Considine Jr.
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Sidney Wagner
- Narrative location
- Nebraska
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 281676
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.boystownmovie.org
- Image
- Boys-Town-Tracy-Group.jpg
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- publication date
- 1938-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- title
- Boys Town
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- Commons category
- Boys Town (film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 90%
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