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Name: Boys Town
Released: 1938-9-9
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds

Boys Town

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1h 33m
1938

86%

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Spencer Tracy, in the role for which he won his second Academy Award, stars as Father Flanagan, the real-life founder of Boys Town. Idealistic, young priest, Father Flanagan struggles to achieve his dream of creating a place where tough, young city boys may have the chance at a normal life. He founds a farm school run by a community of boys. But the idyllic community is almost destroyed by a young thug (Mickey Rooney), who eventually becomes a role model and leader of the boys' community.

Director:

Norman Taurog

Producer:

John W. Considine Jr.

Writer:

Dore Schary, John Meehan, Eleanore Griffin

Cast:

Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

Flanagan’s character is admirable (based on a real man with real accomplishments), though Tracy imparts a rather standard performance.

For all [Spencer Tracy's] homely face and lack of surface charm, he is about the finest figure of a man you’ll meet, and I’m happy that he has finally got a part here to show it off.

It's a genuine human story, dramatically handled and finely acted.

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TV Guide

One of the more overrated films of its era.

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