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.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.9/10
IMDb: 7.2/10
Letterboxd: 3.43/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
TMDB: 6.8/10
Director
Norman Taurog
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson, Martin Spellman, Mickey Rentschler, Frankie Thomas, Jimmy Butler, Sidney Miller, Robert Emmett Keane, Victor Kilian, Arthur Aylesworth, King Baggot, Barbara Bedford