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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.
Released: 1938-09-0896 minDir: Norman TaurogDramaPart of: Boys Town Collection
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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