Boys Town
1938 · directed by Norman Taurog
- Rating
- 76/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Boys Town (1938), directed by Norman Taurog, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Spencer Tracy
- Mickey Rooney
- Henry Hull
- Leslie Fenton
- Gene Reynolds
- Edward Norris
- Addison Richards
- Minor Watson
- Jonathan Hale
- Bobs Watson
Crew
- Sidney Wagner — Director of Photography
- Elmo Veron — Editor
- Edward Ward — Original Music Composer
- Dore Schary — Screenplay
- John Meehan — Screenplay
More from Norman Taurog
- If I Had a Million (1932) — 80/100 · hit
- Room for One More (1952) — 71/100
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) — 68/100
- The Caddy (1953) — 67/100
- You're Never Too Young (1955) — 66/100
- Pardners (1956) — 64/100
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