Des hommes sont nés (1938)
En marchant à la chaise électrique, le jeune Dan Farrow se confie au père Edward Flanagan. S'il avait eu un seul ami, assure-t-il, jamais il n'aurait sombré dans le crime. Le père Flanagan est littéralement hanté par cette confession. Si bien qu'en rentrant chez lui, à Ohama, il décide d'ouvrir un centre pour jeunes en difficultés. Avec l'aide de généreux donateurs, et en dépit de fortes oppositions, il parvient à construire un véritable village accueillant de jeunes délinquants. Parmi eux, Whitey Marsh, un vrai petit dur déterminé à ne pas s'en laisser conter et à retrouver son indépendance dès que possible. Whitey s'enfuit avec un compagnon...
Directeur:
Norman Taurog
écrivains:
Dore Schary, John Meehan.
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Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan |
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Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh |
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Henry Hull as Dave Morris |
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Leslie Fenton as Dan Farrow |
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Gene Reynolds as Tony Ponessa |
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Edward Norris as Joe Marsh |
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Addison Richards as Judge |
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Minor Watson as Bishop |
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Jonathan Hale as John Hargraves |
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Bobs Watson as Pee Wee |
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Martin Spellman as Skinny |
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Mickey Rentschler as Tommy Anderson |
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Frankie Thomas as Freddie Fuller |
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Jimmy Butler as Paul Ferguson |
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Sidney Miller as Mo Kahn |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Burton |
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Victor Kilian as The Sheriff |
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Arthur Aylesworth as Tim (uncredited) |
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King Baggot as Derelict in Mission (uncredited) |
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Barbara Bedford as Nun (uncredited) |
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George Cooper as Tramp (uncredited) |
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Nell Craig as Nun (uncredited) |
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John Hamilton as Prison Warden (uncredited) |
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Claire McDowell as Nun (uncredited) |
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Jay Novello as Gangster (uncredited) |
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Phillip Terry as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
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William Worthington as Governor (uncredited) |
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John Wray as Weasel (uncredited) |
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Everett Brown as Darky |
| Directing | Norman Taurog | Director |
| Writing | Dore Schary | Screenplay |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Production | Joe Cooke | Unit Manager |
| Production | Jay Marchant | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Production | John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |
| Directing | Horace Hough | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Elmo Veron | Editor |
| Camera | Sidney Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Leo Arnaud | Music Arranger |
| Directing | Carl Roup | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Clarence J. Falk | Greensman |
| Crew | Slavko Vorkapich | Special Effects |
| Writing | Eleanore Griffin | Story |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Writing | Dore Schary | Story |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Crew | Jack Mintz | Additional Writing |
| Art | Urie McCleary | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Writing | John Meehan | Screenplay |