Out There: Nebraska & the Great Plains in the Movies
When I was growing up on 90th Street, houses ended and corn fields started at 96th Street, which made me feel as if Boys Town was virtually next door. So in the 1960s when I discovered this movie on TV I was flabbergast. Its version of uplift is the conventional Hollywood kind, but when I was ten years old it choked me up, and introduced me to Spencer Tracy. (Kurt Andersen)
Academy Award Winner: Best Actor(Spencer Tracy)
Academy Award Winner: Best Writing, Original Story
Academy Award Nominee: Best Director (Norman Taurog)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
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Film Information
Directed By
Norman Taurog
Starring
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Henry Hull
Leslie Fenton
Gene Reynolds
Edward Norris
Addison Richards
Minor Watson
Jonathan Hale
Bobs Watson
Running Time
96 minutes
Distributor
MGM
Country of Origin
USA
Language
English
Release Year
1938 |