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9 September 1938 (USA)
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Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh comes there...
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 3 nominations
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Dance All Night: Mickey Rooney, Paul Oakenfold Liven up AFI Dallas
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(From amctv.com - AMC News: Film Festivals. 31 March 2008, 9:05 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Spencer Tracy | ... | Father 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 | |
| Martin Spellman | ... | Skinny | |
| Mickey Rentschler | ... | Tommy Anderson | |
| Frankie Thomas | ... | Freddie Fuller | |
| Jimmy Butler | ... | Paul Ferguson | |
| Sidney Miller | ... | Mo Kahn |
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Boys' Town (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
96 min | 93 min (DVD version) | West Germany:107 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #4528) |
Canada:G (video rating) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
West Germany:12 |
Finland:S |
Australia:G
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The day after Spencer Tracy won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in this film, an MGM publicist released a statement - without consulting Tracy first - that the actor would donate his Oscar to the real Boys Town in Nebraska. Tracy agreed to make the donation if the Academy would send him a replacement Oscar. When the replacement arrived, the engraving on the award read: "Best Actor - Dick Tracy."
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Continuity: The blackface Whitey wipes off in line doesn't match when he arrives back at the barber.
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Quotes:
Freddie Fuller:
There's our baseball field... last year one of our players was drafted by the St. Louis Browns.
Whitey Marsh: Well, I like the Yankees.
Freddie Fuller: You would!
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Whitey Marsh: Well, I like the Yankees.
Freddie Fuller: You would!
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Featured in Problem Child (1990)
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I have always been a fan of Spencer Tracy, and I feel that this is one of the great movies he has been in, this and Captains Courageous. He depicts the type of acting that the stars of today do not have, he should be classified as one of the 10 most talented movie stars ever born.