Movie Description
Youth Takes a Fling
(1938)Overview
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
Featured Crew
- Director : Archie Mayo
- Producer : Joe Pasternak
- Cast : Joel McCrea,Andrea Leeds,Frank Jenks,Dorothea Kent,Isabel Jeans,Virginia Grey,Grant Mitchell,Henry Mollison,Brandon Tynan,Oscar O'Shea,Granville Bates,Roger Davis,Marion Martin,Olaf Hytten,Willie Best,Catherine Proctor,Yvonne Boisseau,Arthur Housman,John Sheehan,Chester Clute,Wade Boteler,Tom Dugan,Eddie Acuff,Pat West,Edwin August,Joyce Bryant,Nick Copeland,Neal Dodd,Edward Earle,Mary Field,Jennifer Gray,Evie Wynn Johnson,Marjorie Kane,Helen Lynd,Kathryn Marlowe,George Offerman, Jr.,Marion Pierce,Edward Ryan,Charles Sullivan,Frank Sully,Emmett Vogan,Beryl Wallace,Solly Ward,Anne Wigton
Cast
Joe Meadows
Helen Brown
Frank Munson
Jean
Mrs. Merrivale
Madge
Duke
Dunham
Tad
Captain Walters
Mr. Judd
Floorwalker
Girl on Beach
Dunham's Butler
George
Mrs. Aspitt
Miss Beaton
First Communist
Second Communist
Salesman
Tugboat Captain
Bum
Bum
Watchman
Railroad Conductor
Switchboard Operator
Minor Role
Minister
Businessman
Maid
Switchboard Operator
Switchboard Operator
Switchboard Operator
Girl
Switchboard Operator
Slim
Switchboard Operator
Boy
Sailor
Jim
Businessman
Switchboard Operator
Minor Role
Switchboard Operator
Posters
Facts
Original TitleYouth Takes a Fling
Status Released
Release Information
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1938-09-22
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 17m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Romance
- Comedy
