Boys Town

Directed by Norman Taurog

Written by Dore Schary, Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin, John Meehan

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.

Cast

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Mickey Rooney

Whitey Marsh

Henry Hull

Dave Morris

Leslie Fenton

Dan Farrow

Gene Reynolds

Tony Ponessa

Edward Norris

Joe Marsh

Addison Richards

Judge

Minor Watson

Bishop

Jonathan Hale

John Hargraves

Bobs Watson

Pee Wee

Martin Spellman

Skinny

Mickey Rentschler

Tommy Anderson