Boys Town is a 1938 American drama movie directed by Norman Taurog and starring Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson, Frankie Thomas. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was nominated for 5 Oscars and won 2 Academy Awards in 1939. It was followed up by 1941 movie "Men of Boys Town".