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Boys Town

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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. 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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1938-09-08

Runtime: 96 mins

Director: Norman Taurog

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Boys Town

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries: United States of America

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