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Barefoot Boy

  • 19381938
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
89
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Jackie Moran and Terry in Barefoot Boy (1938)
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  • Crime
Other than using the same title, this film has no connection to, nor is there any film credit linking it to, the poem by John Greenleaf Whittier. In this film, Kenneth Hale, a pampered, snob... Read allOther than using the same title, this film has no connection to, nor is there any film credit linking it to, the poem by John Greenleaf Whittier. In this film, Kenneth Hale, a pampered, snobbish young boy, is sent by his father, John Hale, who has served time in prison for a crim... Read allOther than using the same title, this film has no connection to, nor is there any film credit linking it to, the poem by John Greenleaf Whittier. In this film, Kenneth Hale, a pampered, snobbish young boy, is sent by his father, John Hale, who has served time in prison for a crime he did not commit, down to the country farm of an old friend, Calvin Whittaker. The bare... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
89
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  • Director
    • Karl Brown
  • Writer
    • John T. Neville(original story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jackie Moran
    • Marcia Mae Jones
    • Ralph Morgan
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  • Director
    • Karl Brown
  • Writer
    • John T. Neville(original story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jackie Moran
    • Marcia Mae Jones
    • Ralph Morgan
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    • 6User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Jackie Moran
    Jackie Moran
    • Billy Whittaker
    Marcia Mae Jones
    Marcia Mae Jones
    • Pige Blaine
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • John Hale
    Claire Windsor
    Claire Windsor
    • Valerie Hale
    Charles D. Brown
    • Calvin Whittaker
    Marilyn Knowlden
    Marilyn Knowlden
    • Julia Blaine
    Bradley Metcalfe
    Bradley Metcalfe
    • Kenneth Hale
    Frank Puglia
    Frank Puglia
    • Hank
    Helen MacKellar
    Helen MacKellar
    • Martha Whittaker
    Matty Fain
    Matty Fain
    • Convict
    Henry Roquemore
    Henry Roquemore
    • Benjamin Blaine
    Roger Gray
    Roger Gray
    • Dutch
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    • Prison Warden
    Earle Hodgins
    Earle Hodgins
    • Sheriff
    Johnnie Morris
    • Jeff Blaine
    Hal Cooke
    • Parker
    Terry
    Terry
    • Toto
    • Director
      • Karl Brown
    • Writer
      • John T. Neville(original story and screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film received its initial USA telecast Saturday 24 January 1942 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). Post-WWII television viewers got their first look at it Friday 6 August 1948 on WATV (Channel 13) and Monday 25 October 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2); in Chicago it first aired Thursday 27 January 1949 on WBKB (Channel 4), and, on the West Coast, in Los Angeles, it was first seen Wednesday 8 February 1950 on KTSL (Channel 2).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Dillinger (1945)

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    5/10
    Jackie Moran Goes Barefoot
    Rural teenager Jackie Moran (as Billy Whittaker) likes to play with his dog and climb trees with no shoes on, as suggested in John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Barefoot Boy". Mr. Moran also likes cute neighbor Marilyn Knowlden (as Julia Blaine) and writes her a love note. The potential for puppy love is threatened however, by the arrival of spoiled military schoolboy Bradley Metcalfe (as Kenneth Hale). He teases Moran about going barefoot, wrestles with him, and pledges to steal his girlfriend. Their parents have Mr. Metcalfe staying with Moran when the former's father Ralph Morgan (as John Hale) gets out of prison...

    Meanwhile, Matty Fain (as Blake) and Frank Puglia (as Hank), two crooks who committed the crime for which Mr. Morgan served time, hide out in the local haunted house. After Metcalfe is declared a hero for saving her sister from drowning, jealous Marcia Mae Jones (as Pige Blaine), who has a crush on Moran, takes the teenagers to the haunted house, hoping to expose Metcalfe as a coward. Mixing it up with criminals puts the youngsters and Moran's dog ("Toto" from "The Wizard of Oz") in grave danger… Director Karl Brown moves this teen fare well, but it looks like some omissions or edits have garbled parts of the story.

    ***** Barefoot Boy (8/3/38) Karl Brown ~ Jackie Moran, Bradley Metcalfe, Marcia Mae Jones, Ralph Morgan
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    • Release date
      • August 3, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El pillete
    • Production company
      • Monogram Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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