Boy Trouble

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Boy Trouble

"KIDS GET IN HIS HAIR...but watch Charlie's youth come back when a couple of boys get into his heart"

1939

1h 15m

5.0(4 votes)

Family

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.

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37 members

Acting

Charles Ruggles

Homer C. Fitch

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Mary Boland

Sybil Fitch

Acting

Donald O'Connor

Butch

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Billy Lee

Joe

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Joyce Matthews

Patricia Fitch

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John Hartley

Wyndham Wilson

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Andrew Tombes

Mr. Svively

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Dick Elliott

Dr. Benshlager

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Zeffie Tilbury

Mrs. Jepson

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Sarah Edwards

Mrs. Moots

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Sonny Bupp

Chester Platt

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Harlan Briggs

Mr. Pike

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Josephine Whittell

Mother

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Georgia Caine

Mrs. Ungerleider

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Russell Hicks

Magistrate

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Charles Trowbridge

Mr. Tatum

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Grace Hayle

Hefty Mother

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Spencer Charters

Bradley

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Doodles Weaver

Ralph

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Barry Downing

Unknown Role

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Wally Albright

Boy

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Kathryn Bates

Small Town Woman

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Georgie Billings

Boy

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Ethel Clayton

Unknown Role

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Nell Craig

Small Town Woman

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Sheila Darcy

(uncredited)

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Paula DeCardo

Unknown Role

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Fern Emmett

Receptionist

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Edward Gargan

Cop

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Helaine Moler

Unknown Role

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Ruth Rogers

Unknown Role

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Charlotte Treadway

Beulah

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Tommy Tucker

Boy

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Pat West

First Bystander

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Dorothy White

Unknown Role

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Gloria Williams

Mother

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Sonny Boy Williams

Boy

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