
Boys Town

"No boy is bad, if given a chance!"
- 1938
- Rated NR
- 1h 36m
- Drama
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscars for Best Story and Best Actor (1939)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (1939)
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Setting
Set in Nebraska
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Collection
Part of Boys Town Collection
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Music
Music by Edward Ward
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sidney Wagner
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Dore ScharyScreenplay, Story
- Eleanore GriffinStory
- John MeehanScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 8, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Boys Town Collection
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In the United States
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