norman taurog directs and spencer tracy play father flanagan in another film about the priest who walk the walk in his philosophy about their be no such thing a a bad boy . men of boy town find tracy burden down with a lot of responsibility . his responsibility to each and every boy that he take in at boys town and to the institution itself . some of their story overlap with tracy main concern about keep the institution afloat . one of those kid be larry nunn and a kid cripple after he kill a guard in a reformatory he be in . his story be similar to the one that be in the original boy town where gene reynolds be another kid who be cripple . nunn be far more cynical and bitter after see and experience what he have in that other institution . another kid be darryl hickman and a young juvenile offender from that same place who sneak out of the place with mickey rooney when rooney go to visit one of nunn friend . talk about deja vu and in the original boy town it be rooney who be the smart mouth who get tame by his experience at boy town . i guess the deity and the scriptwriter have a sense of humor . besides tracy and rooney and sidney miller and bob watson be retain from the original film . rooney would be steal this whole film if it weren not for tracy . nobody steal a scene from spencer tracy . i guess since boy town be still here we do know that father flanagan do solve the problem show in this film as well . though it look a whole lot like tracy be get stretched way to thin and in the movie and in life itself and problem sometimes do have a way work themselves out if we can only perceive the solution . anyway and men of boy town be simply spencer tracy continue his award win role a the ever wise and patient father flanagan . good enough reason to see this film .