Youth Takes a Fling

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Youth Takes a Fling

"A PICTURE FOR THE YOUNG...OF ALL AGES!"

1938

1h 17m

1.0(1 votes)

Romance

Comedy

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.

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44 members

Acting

Joel McCrea

Joe Meadows

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Andrea Leeds

Helen Brown

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Frank Jenks

Frank Munson

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Dorothea Kent

Jean

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Isabel Jeans

Mrs. Merrivale

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Virginia Grey

Madge

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Grant Mitchell

Duke

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Henry Mollison

Dunham

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Brandon Tynan

Tad

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Oscar O'Shea

Captain Walters

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Granville Bates

Mr. Judd

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Roger Davis

Floorwalker

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Marion Martin

Girl on Beach

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Olaf Hytten

Dunham's Butler

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Willie Best

George

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Catherine Proctor

Mrs. Aspitt

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Yvonne Boisseau

Miss Beaton

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Arthur Housman

First Communist

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John Sheehan

Second Communist

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Chester Clute

Salesman

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Wade Boteler

Tugboat Captain

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Tom Dugan

Bum

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Eddie Acuff

Bum

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Pat West

Watchman

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Edwin August

Railroad Conductor

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Joyce Bryant

Switchboard Operator

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Nick Copeland

Minor Role

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Neal Dodd

Minister

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Edward Earle

Businessman

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Mary Field

Maid

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Jennifer Gray

Switchboard Operator

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Evie Wynn Johnson

Switchboard Operator

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Marjorie Kane

Switchboard Operator

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Helen Lynd

Girl

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Kathryn Marlowe

Switchboard Operator

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George Offerman, Jr.

Slim

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Marion Pierce

Switchboard Operator

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Edward Ryan

Boy

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Charles Sullivan

Sailor

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Frank Sully

Jim

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Emmett Vogan

Businessman

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Beryl Wallace

Switchboard Operator

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Solly Ward

Minor Role

Writing

Anne Wigton

Switchboard Operator

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