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Boys’ Reformatory (1939) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language
1939 · 61 mins · English
Directed by
Howard Bretherton
Starring
Frankie Darro, Warren McCollum, Tempe Pigott, Lee Phelps, Pat Flaherty, Jack McHugh

After a streetwise teenager is falsely blamed for a burglary committed by his foster family's son, he is dispatched to a boys' reformatory. Inside, the young inmates endure the tyranny of crooked guards and a sadistic prison doctor, turning the institution into a nightmare of abuse and exploitation.

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