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6.2/10   28 votes
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Director:
William Nigh
Writers:
Gilson Brown (adaptation)
Rowland Brown (story)
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Release Date:
8 December 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
CHUCK WANTED TO BE A BIG SHOT LIKE HIS OLD MAN...until one day...he learned the old man was a two-bit stooge! more
Plot:
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative. | add synopsis
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Social Drama more

Cast

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Jackie Cooper ... Chuck Brennan
Maureen O'Connor ... Nora
Kathleen Burke ... Julie Stone
Robert Emmett O'Connor ... Police Officer Rourke
Marjorie Main ... Mrs. Mary Brennan
Matty Fain ... Blackie Davis
George Cleveland ... Tim 'Flannel-Mouth' Farley
Bill Elliott ... Dr. Allan (as Gordon Elliott)
Guy Usher ... Fog Horn Brennan aka Foggy
Paul White ... Spike, Gang Member
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Additional Details

Runtime:
76 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved | Sweden:15

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Soundtrack:
Carelessly more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Social Drama, 6 November 2008
6/10
Author: boblipton from New York City

Monogram tries its hand at producing a social drama on the order of DEAD END or ONE-THIRD OF A NATION with Jackie Cooper giving a high-energy performance as a leader of a street gang, but the entire production slides over into standard melodrama. Neither does the cheap production value help -- even though it might seem to for a film of this sort. But the photography by Gilbert Warrenton is a little too glossy for the piece.

Guy Usher as Jackie's father and Margorie Main as his mother give fine performances, and the movie may be the first feature to use the standard "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" in its soundtrack, but despite its aspirations, director William Nigh never seems to manage much of either great significance or entertainment.

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