Boys Town (1938) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Norman Taurog.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan
• Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh
• Henry Hull as Dave Morris
• Leslie Fenton as Dan Farrow
• Gene Reynolds as Tony Ponessa
• Edward Norris as Joe Marsh
• Addison Richards as Judge
• Minor Watson as Bishop
• Jonathan Hale as John Hargraves
• Bobs Watson as Pee Wee
• Martin Spellman as Skinny
• Mickey Rentschler as Tommy Anderson
• Frankie Thomas as Freddie Fuller
• Jimmy Butler as Paul Ferguson
• Sidney Miller as Mo Kahn
• Robert Emmett Keane as Burton
• Victor Kilian as The Sheriff
• Arthur Aylesworth as Tim (uncredited)
• King Baggot as Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
• Barbara Bedford as Nun (uncredited)
• George Cooper as Tramp (uncredited)
• Nell Craig as Nun (uncredited)
• John Hamilton as Prison Warden (uncredited)
• Claire McDowell as Nun (uncredited)
• Jay Novello as Gangster (uncredited)
• Phillip Terry as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
• William Worthington as Governor (uncredited)
• John Wray as Weasel (uncredited)
• Everett Brown as Darky

Crew

• Norman Taurog — Director
• Dore Schary — Screenplay
• John W. Considine Jr. — Producer
• Edward Ward — Original Music Composer
• Sidney Wagner — Director of Photography
• John Meehan — Screenplay

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