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Boys Town is a 1938 American biographical drama film based on Father Edward J. Flanagan's work with a group of underprivileged boys in a home/educational complex that he founded and named "Boys Town" in Nebraska. It stars Spencer Tracy as Father Edward J. Flanagan, and Mickey Rooney with Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, and Gene Reynolds.
- $772,000
- John W. Considine Jr.
Boys Town: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton. When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
- (6.1K)
- Biography, Drama, Family
- Norman Taurog
- 1938-09-09
With a small stake from kindhearted pawnbroker Dave Morris, Flanagan starts the home but constantly must sway people who think that his philosophy "there's no such thing as a bad boy" is naive. He wins the reluctant support of newspaper publisher John Hargraves and donations start to mount.
- Norman Taurog, Horace Hough
- Spencer Tracy
The world premiere of “Boys Town” was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Omaha Theater on September 7, 1938. An estimated crowd of 30,000 lined the streets and crowded the train station for the arrival of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
The devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage...
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- Spencer Tracy
- Norman Taurog
- Drama
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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.
- 96 min
Boys Town. Summaries. When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
