CinemaOSMovie · 1938 · 1h 17m
Youth Takes a Fling

A PICTURE FOR THE YOUNG...OF ALL AGES!

55%(2)IMDbRomanceComedy

McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.

Directed byArchie Mayo

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 17m
Language
EN
Released
September 22, 1938
Studios
Universal Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Joe Meadows

Andrea Leeds

Andrea Leeds

Helen Brown

Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Frank Munson

Dorothea Kent

Dorothea Kent

Jean

Isabel Jeans

Mrs. Merrivale

Virginia Grey

Virginia Grey

Madge

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Duke

Henry Mollison

Henry Mollison

Dunham

Brandon Tynan

Brandon Tynan

Tad

Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Captain Walters

Creative team
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Archie Mayo
Written by
Eliot Gibbons
Myles Connolly
Myles Connolly
Produced by
Joe Pasternak
Joe Pasternak

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