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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1939-10-27
Languageen
Runtime1h 12m
Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

5.5(5)
•1939•1h 12m

Bad Little Angel

"IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN""

Drama

Overview

A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

Writing & Screenplay
Dorothy Yost
Cinematography
John F. Seitz

Principal Cast

27 credited
Virginia Weidler
Virginia WeidlerPatricia Victoria Sanderson
Gene Reynolds
Gene ReynoldsThomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Guy Kibbee
Guy KibbeeLuther Marvin
Ian Hunter
Ian HunterJim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth PattersonMrs. Perkins
Reginald Owen
Reginald OwenEdwards, Marvin's Valet
Henry Hull
Henry HullRed Wilks
Lois Wilson
Lois WilsonMrs. Ellen Creighton
Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur AylesworthJohn Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Wade BotelerPoliceman (uncredited)

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