Boys' Reformatory
5.5
A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
21 people
Frankie Darro
Tommy Ryan
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
George Offerman Jr.
Joie
Grant Withers
Dr. Owens
Known for
Rio Grande
My Darling Clementine
Lillian Elliott
Mrs. O'Meara
Also in
Call of the Cuckoo
Should Second Husbands Come First?
Ben Welden
Mike Hearn
Known for
The Fighting Seabees
Marked Woman
David Durand
Knuckles Malone
Also in
Pleased to Mitt You
A Criminal Is Born
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Eddie O'Meara
Also in
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Pardon My Pups
Pat Flaherty
Mr. Barnes
Known for
My Man Godfrey
Only Angels Have Wings
George Offerman, Jr.
Joie
Known for
A Walk in the Sun
William P. Carleton
Judge Robert H. Scott
Also in
The Flapper
The Copperhead
John St. Polis
Superintendent Keene
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Warren McCollum
Spike
Known for
Tell Your Children
Howard Bretherton Director · Norman S. Hall Writer Wellyn Totman Writer
United States release May 1, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 1, 1939
Theatrical
More from Howard Bretherton
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Boys' Reformatory
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.