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Gangster's Boy Reviews

  • 1938
  • 1 hr 20 mins
  • Drama, Family
  • NR
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Low-budget tale of a crook's offspring (Jackie Cooper) and his efforts to be socially accepted despite his background. Julia: Lucy Gilman. Kelly: Robert Warwick. Bill: Tommy Wonder. Judge: Selmer Jackson. His Wife: Betty Blythe. Mrs. Kelly: Louise Lorimer. Good cast.

Cooper is a hard-working high-school kid who strives to be accepted by society and to rid himself of the taint associated with his ex-convict father, Warwick. Later he takes the rap for a crime committed by a well-respected friend. No longer an MGM child star, Cooper made a number of such "special" films for low-budget Monogram. The film has some music, with dancing and acting by choreographer Wonder and with Cooper playing the drums.