Characters & Themes
Boy Slaves (1939) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1939 · 72 mins · English
- Directed by
- P.J. Wolfson
- Starring
- Alan Baxter, Charles Lane, Arthur Hohl, Paul White, Anne Shirley, Norman Willis
Set in the Great Depression, the film follows a group of homeless children who turn to petty crime to survive. After being caught, a judge sentences them to a so‑called rehabilitation labor camp, exposing how even in modern times human beings can be treated as commodities and forced into servitude.
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