BOYS REFORMATORY (1939) Frankie Darro, Grant Withers & Lillian Elliott | Drama | B&W

Boys' Reformatory is a 1939 American crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and produced by Lindsley Parsons for Monogram Pictures. The screenplay was written by Wellyn Totman and Ray Trampe based on a story by Ray Trampe and Norman S. Hall.

SYNOPSIS
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.

CAST & CREW
Frankie Darro as Tommy Ryan
Lillian Elliott as Mrs. O'Meara
Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Eddie O'Meara
Ben Welden as Mike Hearn
David Durand as 'Knuckles' Malone
William P. Carleton as Superior Judge Robert A. Scott
Grant Withers as Dr. Owens, a physician at the State Industrial School
John St. Polis as Superintendent Keene of the State Industrial School
Pat Flaherty as Barnes, a guard at the State Industrial School
George Offerman, Jr. as Joey, an inmate at the State Industrial School

Directed by: Howard Bretherton
Written by: Screenplay - Ray Trampe, Wellyn Totman
Story - Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall
Produced by: Lindsley Parsons
Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Edited by: Russell Schoengarth
Music by: Edward Kay
Distributed by: Monogram Pictures Corporation
Release Date: May 1, 1939
Running Time: 62 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English