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.
Boys Town has generally received positive reviews.
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Boys Town was released in 1938 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 87 reviews, giving Boys Town (1938) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 72%.
With a score of 73%, Boys Town is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1938, which stands at 61%.
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