Boy Friend (1939)
Jane's gone romantic... but in that wild Withers way!
A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.
- Date of release
- 1939-05-19
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Crime
- Director
- James Tinling
Casting
- Jane Withers — Sally Murphy
- Arleen Whelan — Sue Duffy
- George Ernest — Billy Bradley
- Richard Bond — Jimmy Murphy
- Douglas Fowley — Ed Boyd
- Warren Hymer — Greenberg
- Robert Kellard — Tommy Bradley
- Minor Watson — Capt. Duffy
- Robert Shaw — Cracker
- Ted Pearson — Callahan
- William Conselman Jr. — Arizona (as William H. Conselman Jr.)
- Myra Marsh — Mrs. Murphy
Interesting facts
Boy Friend is a 1939 American comedy film second feature directed by James Tinling and written by Joseph Hoffman and Barry Trivers. The film stars Jane Withers, Arleen Whelan and George Ernest. The film was released on May 19, 1939, by 20th Century Fox.
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