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Boy of the Streets (1937)

Boy of the Streets poster
Directed by
William Nigh
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tough kid from the slums gets into trouble with the law and tries to find a way out. The film focuses on his struggles with poverty and authority figures.

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What happens

Boy of the Streets is a 1937 American drama film directed by William Nigh and written by Gilson Brown and Scott Darling. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Kathleen Burke, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Marjorie Main and Matty Fain. The film was released on December 8, 1937, by Monogram Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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