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| Warner Bros. (1938) | |||||
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| Spencer Tracy | Father Edward J. Flanagan | |
| Mickey Rooney | Whitey Marsh | |
| Henry Hull | Dave Morris | |
| Leslie Fenton | Dan Farrow | |
| Gene Reynolds | Tony Ponessa | |
| Edward Norris | Joe Marsh | |
| Addison Richards | The Judge | |
| Minor Watson | The Bishop | |
| Jonathan Hale | John Hargraves | |
| Bobs Watson | Pee Wee | |
| Darryl Hickman | ||
| Mary Nash | ||
| Lee J. Cobb | ||
| Henry O'Neill | ||
| Larry Nunn | ||
| Martin Spellman | Skinny | |
| Mickey Rentschler | Tommy Anderson | |
| Frankie Thomas | Freddie Fuller | |
| Jimmy Butler | Paul Ferguson | |
| Sidney Miller | Mo Kahn |
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| Producer | John Considine
John W. Considine Jr. |
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| Writer | Dore Schary
Eleanore Griffin James Kevin McGuinness |
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| Cinematography | Sidney Wagner
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| Musician | Edward Ward
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Their problems were too big for society. But not too big for one man's vision and faith. Today they grow up lawless and on the streets. Tomorrow they're on Death Row. Father Edward Flanagan vows to break the cycle, putting his life where his faith is and starting a boys' home that becomes a model of hope. Spencer Tracy brings shinning inner strength to Flanagan in a performance that made him the first to win consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards® (Tom Hanks later matched that feat.) "There is no bad boy," Flanagan insists. But brash troublemaker Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney) puts the credo to the test. Nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Picture, this compelling movie earned a Best Original Story Oscar®. And the Oscar® Tracy donated to Boys Town (the Academy provided him with another) remains on display there today. |
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