Boys Town (1938)

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Country: USA
Genres: Biography, Drama
Release: 1938-09-09
Director: Norman Taurog
Writers: John Meehan , Dore Schary (1905–1980) , Eleanore Griffin
Language: English | Hebrew
Stars: Spencer Tracy , Mickey Rooney , Henry Hull , Leslie Fenton , Gene Reynolds , Edward Norris , Addison Richards , Minor Watson , Jonathan Hale , Bobs Watson
Runtime: 96 min
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 4 nominations total
AKA: Teufelskerle (Germany) , Boys Town (United States of America) , Des hommes sont nés (France, French Republic) , Shônen no machi (Japan) , Jongensstad (Netherlands the) , Градът на момчетата (Bulgaria) , Des hommes sont nés (Belgium) , Miasto chłopców (Poland) , Drengebyen (Denmark) , 少年の町 (Japan) , Boys Town (Australia) , Homens de Amanhã (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Con los brazos abiertos (Venezuela) , Teufelskerle , Besprizorni , Forja de hombres (Spain) , Con los brazos abiertos (Argentina) , Tulevaisuuden miehiä (Finland) , Boys Town (Canada) , La città dei ragazzi (Italy) , Boys Town (United Kingdom) , Com os Braços Abertos (Brazil) , Jugend am Abgrund (Austria) , Fiúk városa (Hungary) , Han som tänkte med hjärtat (Sweden) , Город мальчиков , Boys Town , Adespota neiata (Greece) , Boys' Town (United States of America)
Plot: 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 take action. An advocate of child rights and an opponent of the severe approach to juvenile delinquency at the time, Flanagan genuinely believes that there is no such thing as a bad boy. Starting with just a few boys in a rented house, Father Flanagan eventually establishes Boys Town on 200 acres of land 10 miles outside of Omaha, Nebraska. Much of the film focuses on Flanagan's attempts to influence one boy, Whitey Marsh, who will become a hoodlum if he doesn't change his ways. When Whitey is implicated in a bank robbery, it puts all of Boys Town at risk. Throughout it all Flanagan has to fight prejudice in those who believe delinquents should just be locked up and the never-ending shortage of money to accomplish his goals.
IMDB:tt0029942