1938 · 96 min · Drama
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.
Directed by Norman Taurog. Starring Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton and Gene Reynolds.
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