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the highway and Pee Wee follows him. Pee Wee is suddenly hit by a car; Whitey leaves, feeling guilty and hurt. During an aimless walk in downtown Omaha, Whitey runs into his brother Joe, who mistakenly shoots him in the leg. Joe takes Whitey to a church and calls Flanagan anonymously, after which Whitey is taken back to Boys Town. The sheriff comes to get Whitey, but Flanagan offers to take full responsibility for the boy.
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punishment. One boy, Whitey Marsh, is as much as anyone can handle. Whitey's elder brother Joe, in prison for murder, asks Father Flanagan to take Whitey—a poolroom shark and tough-talking hoodlum—to Boys Town. Joe escapes custody during transfer to federal prison. Whitey stays, though, and runs for mayor of Boys Town, determined to win with his "don't be a sucker" campaign slogan.
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his promise. Joe protects him until Flanagan and some boys arrive at their hideout. The criminals are recaptured and Boys Town's reward is a flood of donations. Whitey is elected the new mayor of Boys Town by acclamation and Dave Morris resigns himself to go into more debt as Flanagan tells him of his new ideas for expanding the facility.
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Whitey leaves Boys Town after getting defeated in the boxing match. Pee Wee, the Boys Town mascot, catches up with him and pulls on his sleeve, pleading, "We're going to be pals, ain't we?" Whitey, nearly in tears, refuses and pushes the child to the ground and tells him to go back. He storms across
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Whitey refuses to tell Flanagan about the robbery, because he has promised Joe not to inform on him. But when he realizes that his silence could result in the end of Boys Town, he goes to Joe's hideout. Joe, realizing with Whitey that Boys Town is more important than they, releases his brother from
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Father Flanagan believes there is no such thing as a bad boy and spends his life attempting to prove it. He battles indifference, the legal system, and often even the boys, to build a sanctuary that he calls Boys Town. The boys have their own government, make their own rules, and dish out their own
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takes a darker view of the issue of homeless and troubled youth. Tracy and Rooney reprise their characters as Father Flanagan and Whitey Marsh as they expose the conditions in a boys reform school. This film was released on VHS on December 23, 1993, but is now available only as an extra feature on
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Winning the election for mayor is Tony Ponessa, a disabled boy. Whitey has an outburst after finding out the results. This nearly causes a fistfight between Whitey and outgoing mayor, Freddie Fuller. Since Whitey's arrival at Boys Town, he and Freddie did not get along too well. To settle their
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for the role, Spencer Tracy talked about Father Flanagan in his acceptance speech. "If you have seen him through me, then I thank you." An MGM publicity representative mistakenly announced that Tracy was donating his Oscar to Flanagan, not having confirmed it with Tracy. Tracy said: "I earned
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hastily struck another inscription, Tracy kept his statuette, and Boys Town got one, too. It read: "To Father Flanagan, whose great humanity, kindly simplicity, and inspiring courage were strong enough to shine through my humble effort. Spencer Tracy."
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and earning MGM over $ 2 million in profit. According to MGM records, the film earned $ 2,828,000 in the United States and Canada, and $ 1,230,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $ 2,112,000.
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differences once and for all, a boxing match is held. Freddie defeats Whitey with Father Flanagan and all of the boys watching.
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and is inspired to find out who his real parents are. He mentions the film reference to several other characters.
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A convicted murderer asks to make his confession on the day of his execution. He is visited by an old friend,
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on March 29, 1993, and re-released on VHS on March 7, 2000. On November 8, 2005, it was released on
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as a part of the "Warner Brothers Classic Holiday Collection", a three-DVD set which also contains
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Although the story is largely fictional, it is based upon a real man and a real place.
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Index

Boystown (film)

Norman Taurog
John Meehan
Dore Schary
Life
Father Edward J. Flanagan
"Boys Town"
John W. Considine Jr.
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Sidney Wagner
Elmo Veron
Edward Ward
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Loew's Inc.
biographical
drama film
Father Edward J. Flanagan
"Boys Town"
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Henry Hull
Leslie Fenton
Gene Reynolds
Dore Schary
Eleanore Griffin
John Meehan
Norman Taurog
Academy Award for Best Actor

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