Bad Boy is a 1949 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Audie Murphy, Lloyd Nolan and Jane Wyatt.

Danny behaves badly towards Chief and is ridiculed in front of the other boys, who make fun of him after that.

Still he is a hellraiser, and one night he steals a horse, rides into the nearest town and robs a jewelry store of its cash.

When Danny gets into a fight with two of the other boys who make fun of him, Chief tells them to settle it in the boxing ring.

Danny ultimately wins by foul play and is even more detested by the other boys, who all give him the silent treatment.

Joe tries to help Danny escape and knocks out the policeman guarding the room, when Mrs. Brown enters.

This time Danny's attitude is changed and he comes out of there a better man, who goes on to study engineering at Texas A & M to lead a normal, good life.

[3] Despite having been a decorated combat veteran five years previously, Murphy convincingly played a youthful teenager in the film.

[4] Toward the end of the film is the appended acknowledgement from producer Paul Short, thanking Variety Clubs International, "which has 8,000 members—representing 17,000 theatres and is operating 100 charitable institutions in 43 cities and has expended twenty-two million dollars benefitting [sic] five million underprivileged children."