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Boys Town

Boys Town

Sep 8, 1938
96 min
Drama
6.7/ 10
95 votes

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.

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6.7/10
95 votes
IMDB
7.2/10
6,657 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
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Won 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 4 nominations total

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""No boy is bad, if given a chance!""

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Released

Original Language

en

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Boys Town CollectionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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