Gangster's Boy

Gangster's Boy (1938)

Yesterday CHEERED! Today SHUNNED!

A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.

Date of release
1938-11-16
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
William Nigh

Casting

Interesting facts

Gangster's Boy is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Nigh. It stars Jackie Cooper in his second film for Monogram Pictures. The film was positively received, and has been released on DVD.

Production

Jackie Cooper was a child actor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer until the company fired him when he was 13 years old, which was a tradition when child actors became teenagers. The smaller company Monogram Pictures hired Cooper after he turned 13 years old to star in the film Boy of the Streets. After a successful stint in films that were produced by other companies, Cooper starred in the Monogram Pictures film Gangster's Boy as part of his contract.

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