Men of Boys Town is a 1941 American drama film directed by Norman Taurog and written by James Kevin McGuinness.

The film stars Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman and Henry O'Neill.

[2][3] Mr. and Mrs. Maitland, a childless couple, invite Whitey to their home on a trial basis.

(This is where the movie takes a darker tone as it depicts, using indirect camera angles, the physical abuse the boys suffer in detention at the facility).

Critics singled out Darryl Hickman's performance, saying his juvenile delinquent character was "almost running away with Men of Boys Town right under Mickey Rooney's nose".