Johnny Holiday

19491949
1h 32m

Young street tough sent to a reform farm is torn between friends from his past and those who are trying to help him change his life.Young street tough sent to a reform farm is torn between friends from his past and those who are trying to help him change his life.Young street tough sent to a reform farm is torn between friends from his past and those who are trying to help him change his life.

7.2/10

Director
- Willis Goldbeck
Writers
- R.W. Alcorn(story)
- Jack Andrews(screenplay)
- Willis Goldbeck(screenplay)
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William Bendix and Allen Martin Jr. in Johnny Holiday (1949)

Allen Martin Jr. at an event for Johnny Holiday (1949)

Allen Martin Jr. in Johnny Holiday (1949)

Director
- Willis Goldbeck
Writers
- R.W. Alcorn(story)
- Jack Andrews(screenplay)
- Willis Goldbeck(screenplay)
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The reform school boy Johnny Holiday has to choose between his buddies who are more interested in living outside the law and those who want him to live within it. Through the careful tutelage of his reformatory drill sergeant Walker, who becomes a father figure to the boy, he eventually learns that life is far sweeter on the good side than the bad. —Robert

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Taglines
- The Story of the Teen-Age Terror!
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Trivia
When this film was re-released in 1955 with the title "Boy's Prison", it was on a double bill with Too Late for Tears (1949), which was retitled as "Killer Bait".

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6/10

Standard late '40's William Bendix vehicle.

A good basic story with realistic locations. Hits all the right emotional buttons. Overall sort of a non-sectarian "Boys Town". At times seems almost like a documentary. William Bendix plays a "tough as nails, heart of gold" type. Allen Martin believable as good kid torn between good (Bendix) and evil (Clements). Stanley Clements nasty enough.

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