Des hommes sont nés

Original title: Boys Town

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7.2/10

6.6K

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Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in Des hommes sont nés (1938)

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When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 Oscars
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total

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Boys Town

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Trivia
Father Edward Flanagan, who died almost ten years after this movie was released, was the first person ever to live to see somebody win an Oscar for portraying him.

Goofs
The blackface Whitey wipes off in line doesn't match when he arrives back at the barber.

Quotes
Father Edward J. Flanagan: I know that a mother can take a whip to the toughest boy in the world, and he forgets it because he knows that she loves him.

Alternate versions
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Soundtracks
Theme Music of Boys Town
(uncredited)
Music Traditional, from "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"
Performed by the Boys Town Acapella Choir (as Boys Town A Cappella Choir)
[Sung at an assembly]

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Featured review

7/10

Did he ever have a false moment?

It doesn't matter what movie you're talking about, the guy just never had an inauthentic moment on film.

He could be playing priests, professors, attorneys, soldiers, homeless guys, doesn't make a difference. He was always believable and interesting to watch. I cherish these actors because they're rare. It's interesting to me that he was with Katherine Hepburn because she's another like him. Completely authentic in everything she did.

Meryl Streep is another one. Montgomery Clift. Jimmy Stewart. Kathy Bates. Henry Fonda. They're rare. The only modern one I can think of who is pretty consistent and not retired yet is Denzel Washington. Definitely Morgan Freeman but not sure if he's retired. Michael Caine just retired.