Boys Town

1938

Action / Biography / Drama / Family / Music

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 6972 7K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Norman Taurog Photo
Norman Taurog

Top cast

Addison Richards Photo
Addison Richards as The Judge
Edward Norris Photo
Edward Norris as Joe Marsh
Edward Hearn Photo
Edward Hearn as Train Guard
Roger Converse Photo
Roger Converse as Lane - Newspaper Reporter
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.55 GB
1424*1072
English 2.0
TV-G
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Lanfranco C 7 / 10

Are all Boys good? I hope so

Are all Boys good? I hope so...
Reviewed by Emilio T 5 / 10

Not a bad exercise, but the time has

Not a bad exercise, but the time has made it predictable and lacking punch.
Reviewed by michael D 9 / 10

This is a pretty famous movie, one of

This is a pretty famous movie, one of those old-fashioned feel-good films that bring a tear or two to the eye of the sensitive individual. It's very dated, yes, but part of that "dated" means mostly nice kids, not brats and more nice role models, instead of extremely-flawed heroes. It seems, as film fans, we normally got one of the extremes thrown at us: overly good or overly bad. This is overly good.....but I'm fine with that. Mickey Rooney really livens the film up with his appearance. He and most of the characters represent an America that is long gone, people and ideas that are way too "corny" for today's audience. Sometimes it's sappy but sometimes it's refreshing to see, too. The "bad" kids in this film seem pretty nice and tame to today's bad kids, believe me. "There are no bad boys," as Father Flanagan put it, and one would wonder if that still applied today. Flanagan is nicely portrayed by Spencer Tracy. The priest is shown to be one who had a real heart for wayward boys. Spencer and Rooney are the obvious stars of this sentimental story but little "Pee Wee," played by Bobs Watson, is the most endearing character in the movie. Corny but a remembrance of a much more innocent America.
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