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Status
Released
Release
1939
Runtime
1h 12m
"IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN""
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
27 Cast Members
Virginia Weidler
Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Gene Reynolds
Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Guy Kibbee
Luther Marvin
Ian Hunter
Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Perkins
Reginald Owen
Edwards, Marvin's Valet
Henry Hull
Red Wilks
Lois Wilson
Mrs. Ellen Creighton
Arthur Aylesworth
John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Policeman (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Esther Dale
Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Daley
Mr. Miller, Exiting from Train (uncredited)
John Dilson
Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
New Sentinel editor (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Mr. Simms, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Fireman (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn
Bobby Creighton, Age 5 (uncredited)
George Irving
Dr. Bell (uncredited)
