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Bad Boy

  • 19491949
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 26m
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6.6/10
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Audie Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, and Jane Wyatt in Bad Boy (1949)
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THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to fi... Read allTHIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to find source of Danny's rage, and learns he mistakenly believes he is responsible for his mot... Read allTHIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to find source of Danny's rage, and learns he mistakenly believes he is responsible for his mother's death. After a final crime spree and escape attempt, Danny learns he's not to blame.... Read all
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  • Director
    • Kurt Neumann
  • Writers
    • Robert Hardy Andrews(screenplay)
    • Karl Kamb(additional dialogue)
    • Paul Short(story)
  • Stars
    • Audie Murphy
    • Lloyd Nolan
    • Jane Wyatt
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kurt Neumann
  • Writers
    • Robert Hardy Andrews(screenplay)
    • Karl Kamb(additional dialogue)
    • Paul Short(story)
  • Stars
    • Audie Murphy
    • Lloyd Nolan
    • Jane Wyatt
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    • 10User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Audie Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, and Jane Wyatt in Bad Boy (1949)
    Stanley Clements, Tommy Cook, Jimmy Lydon, and Dickie Moore in Bad Boy (1949)
    Audie Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, and Jane Wyatt in Bad Boy (1949)
    Audie Murphy, Stanley Clements, Tommy Cook, Jimmy Lydon, Dickie Moore, Lloyd Nolan, Martha Vickers, and Jane Wyatt in Bad Boy (1949)

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    Audie Murphy
    Audie Murphy
    • Danny Lesteras Danny Lester
    Lloyd Nolan
    Lloyd Nolan
    • Marshall Brownas Marshall Brown
    Jane Wyatt
    Jane Wyatt
    • Mrs. Maud Brownas Mrs. Maud Brown
    James Gleason
    James Gleason
    • Chiefas Chief
    Stanley Clements
    Stanley Clements
    • Bitsy Johnsonas Bitsy Johnson
    Martha Vickers
    Martha Vickers
    • Lila Strawnas Lila Strawn
    Rhys Williams
    Rhys Williams
    • Arnold Strawnas Arnold Strawn
    Selena Royle
    Selena Royle
    • Judge Florence Prentissas Judge Florence Prentiss
    Jimmy Lydon
    Jimmy Lydon
    • Ted Hendryas Ted Hendry
    • (as James Lydon)
    Dickie Moore
    Dickie Moore
    • Charlieas Charlie
    Tommy Cook
    Tommy Cook
    • Floydas Floyd
    William F. Leicester
    • Joe Shieldsas Joe Shields
    • (as William Lester)
    Richard Gorelick
    • Juvenile Delinquent #1as Juvenile Delinquent #1
    Andy Andrews
    • Police Officeras Police Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Florence Auer
    Florence Auer
    • Mrs. Meehamas Mrs. Meeham
    • (uncredited)
    George Beban Jr.
    George Beban Jr.
    • Bill - the Bell Captainas Bill - the Bell Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Hotel Guestas Hotel Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Marie Blake
    Marie Blake
    • Miss Worthas Miss Worth
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kurt Neumann
    • Writers
      • Robert Hardy Andrews(screenplay) (story)
      • Karl Kamb(additional dialogue)
      • Paul Short(story)
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    THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to find source of Danny's rage, and learns he mistakenly believes he is responsible for his mother's death. After a final crime spree and escape attempt, Danny learns he's not to blame. Court return him to Ranch on the marshal's conviction that he's redeemed from life of crime. Danny goes on to graduate from Texas A&M's ROTC program. —Rita Richardson <rita.richardson@arch2.nara.gov>
    • juvenile delinquent
    • marshal
    • crime spree
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    • Taglines
      • Danny is going straight--straight to the electric chair!
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Passed
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      The Texas City explosion occurred April 16, 1947.
    • Crazy credits
      opening credits state: and in his first starring role AUDIE MURPHY
    • Connections
      Featured in Biography: Audie Murphy: Great American Hero (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Dream On Little Plowboy
      (uncredited)

      Music and lyrics by Gene Austin

      Performed by Stanley Clements (probably dubbed)

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    Review
    Top review
    Well Intentioned Little Programmer
    Looks like this movie was piggy-backing on the similar "troubled boy" film of a year earlier, Boys' Ranch (1946). This version, however, is more melodramatic than the sometimes humorous Boys' Ranch.

    Here, troubled boy Danny (Murphy) is remanded to the head of Variety Ranch (Nolan) after conviction of armed robbery. At the ranch he causes trouble by refusing to reform, to the point where even the patient head, Mr. Brown, is about to turn him over to the state reform school. Just what is Danny's problem, we wonder.

    Considering how quickly farm boy, war hero Murphy was thrust into the national spotlight and then onto Hollywood, he does pretty well in this his first starring role. Oddly, he seems to have the most difficulty projecting the occasional meanness his role calls for. Anyone familiar with his later cowboy roles knows how he can snarl with the best of them. Here, I gather, he is still learning, and more than anything else, comes across as a nice boy. Only the script tells us otherwise.

    It's a well-meaning little film, with that fine actor Lloyd Nolan in the lead and everybody's favorite mom of the 1950's Jane Wyatt as his understanding wife. Then there's a 60-year old James Gleason as a surprisingly effective ranch enforcer. But it's the irrepressible Stanley Clements who steals the film as the goofy Bitsy—I really liked his plowboy-cowboy song and the scene that went with it.

    All in all, it's an entertaining little programmer with a good positive message that you just don't see anymore. (In passing—I note that the Variety Clubs of the show- biz world produced the movie and apparently helped sponsor the real Texas boys' ranch. I wonder if they still do.)
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    • Sep 18, 2011

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gefängnis ohne Gitter
    • Filming locations
      • Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paul Short Productions
      • Variety Clubs International
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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