Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan
Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh
Bobs Watson as Pee Wee

Father Flanagan decides there is a need for a school to help juvenile delinquent boys. He successfully forms such a school and has Whitey Marsh as one of his toughest students. This is a wonderful vintage film with great emotion. In one of the best scenes, Pee Wee went out to the road to convince Whitey not to leave the school and it leads to disastrous results. The film is a true classic and had a sequel, Men Of Boys Town. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for his role as Father Flanagan.

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Actor Delmar Watson talks about Boys Town (1938 movie). Click on watch a movie clip.

Boys Town available at www.amazon.com (verified December 1, 2004)

MEN OF BOYS TOWN (movie released April 1941) Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh Bobs Watson as Pee Wee Darryl Hickman as Flip Lee J. Cobb as Dave Morris Men of Boys Town trailer from Turner Classic Movies Men Of Boys Town available at www.amazon.com (verified December 1, 2004)

THE ROAD HOME (1995 movie) (listed as Brothers' Destiny on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116909/) Charles Martin Smith as Merriman Kris Kristofferson as Davis Mickey Rooney as Father Flanagan Two young brothers lose their parents and are sent to an orphanage. When the youngest one is adopted with the other still remaining as an orphan, the brothers do what they have to to become brothers again. Mickey Rooney returns this time in the role of Father Flanagan, 57 years after the first Boys Town film was made. Road Home available at www.amazon.com (verified December 1, 2004)

The two movies, Boys Town and Men Of Boys Town, are available on DVD from www.helpachildtoday.org. The gift purchases benefit children at Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town.

Boys Town last updated March 23, 2006.