Where to watch Boys Town in the United States
Boys Town (1938) is available on Kanopy with a participating library card. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
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You can watch Boys Town (1938) on Kanopy with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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.
A quiet, iron-willed authority radiates from the center of this reformatory, turning a rigid institution into a sanctuary of second chances. The friction between a disciplined mentor and a volatile streetwise thief provides a heartbeat for this soulful character study.
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Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson
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Boys Town
You can watch Boys Town (1938) on Kanopy with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
6.8/10
RT Critics
86%
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson
5 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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