Men of Boys Town (1941)
Actors:
Edward Keane (actor),
Benny Bartlett (actor),
Lloyd Corrigan (actor),
Arthur Hohl (actor),
Frank Coghlan Jr. (actor),
Harry C. Bradley (actor),
Wade Boteler (actor),
John Butler (actor),
Lee J. Cobb (actor),
John Dilson (actor),
Edward Earle (actor),
Edward Gargan (actor),
William Haade (actor),
Darryl Hickman (actor),
Robert Emmett Keane (actor),
Plot: Mr. and Mrs. Maitland invite Whitey to their home on a trial basis. Whitey tries to visit a friend in reform school and inmate Flip is hiding in car as Whitey leaves. Flip steals money and both boys go to reform school. Father Flanagan exposes the conditions in the school and the boys are released to him. Ted's dog is killed but Ted can walk. The Maitlands work to pay off the debts threatening Boys Town.
Keywords: adoption, battered-child, boys-band, boys-town-nebraska, bugle, catholic, catholic-church, catholic-hospital, catholic-orphanage, catholic-priest
Genres:
Drama,
Quotes:
Father Edward J. 'Eddie' Flanagan: Youth is the greatest natural resource of the country.
Flip Brier: They must feed you canary seed you're so yellow.
Flip Brier: I don't play with children.
Father Edward J. 'Eddie' Flanagan: The coddled, the weak and the doubting will fall.
Father Edward J. 'Eddie' Flanagan: Boys have an inflexible sense of honor and they never betray a trust. Give them confidence and they will return you loyalty.There is no redemption for youth in the lash.