Juvenile Court

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Rita Hayworth, Georgie Billings, Richard Selzer, Hal E. Chester, Frankie Darro, Joe De Stefani, David Gorcey, Charles Hart, Paul Kelly, Don Latorre, and Allan Ramsay in Juvenile Court (1938)

Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid ... Read allPublic Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to p... Read allPublic Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids. The Governor provides seed money for the cre... Read all

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Paul Kelly

Gary Franklin

Rita Hayworth

Marcia Adams

Frankie Darro

Stubby

Hal E. Chester

Lefty
(as Hally Chester)

Don Latorre

Mickey

David Gorcey

Pighead

Richard Selzer

Ears
(as Dick Selzer)

Allan Ramsay

Davy
(as Allan Ramsey)

Charles Hart

Squarehead

Howard Hickman

Governor Stanley

Stanley Andrews

Mayor
(uncredited)

Sam Ash

Reporter
(uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey

Man
(uncredited)

Harry Bernard

Hick in Drugstore
(uncredited)

Georgie Billings

Kid
(uncredited)

James Blaine

Cop at Boxing Match
(uncredited)

Gloria Blondell

Gary's Secretary
(uncredited)

Edwin Brian

Box Office Boy
(uncredited)

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- D. Ross Lederman
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Released the same year as "boys town" ,this "juvenile court" deals with the same subject ,Tracy's Father Flannagan being replaced by a lawyer with a big heart .It's shorter ,with a running time of 60 min.

Full of finer feelings ,featuring a gorgeous but essentially decorative young Rita Hayworth who could sing "blame it on mama" here,like she would do in "Gilda", for the lawyer insists these young boys are bad because they come from the wrong side of town ,from the slums.That's why he fails to save the big brother:"you too,says the judge ,come from the poor part of town ,and however ,you made your way";one should note that the magistrate does not let the lawyer answer :maybe he would have argued that he had a papa and a mama who took care of him,even if they were uneducated .

The Police Athletic League (PAL :what a good idea!)is the way to keep the youth on the straight and narrow through education and sport ;it's more convincing in "boys town" ,but if you want to feel optimistic -which is not obvious through our trouble times- ,you can watch this juvenile court which in the end shows more sympathy for the lowly of birth than the legal one.