Genre	Biography :: Drama
Date Released	8 September 1938
Production	Wilshire Court Productions
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Quotes

Dan Farrow: [panicky, about to die in the electric chair] How much time have I got, Father? Father Edward J. Flanagan: Eternity begins in forty-five minutes, Dan. Dan Farrow: What happens then? Father Edward J. Flanagan: Oh, a bad minute or two. Dan Farrow: And after that? Father Edward J. Flanagan: Well, Dan, that`s a question that scientists and philosophers have been asking for a million years.

Father Edward J. Flanagan: I know that a mother can take a whip to the toughest boy in the world, and he forgets it because he knows that she loves him.

Father Edward J. Flanagan: There is no such thing as a bad boy.

Tony Ponessa: If you`re a Catholic or a Protestant, you can go right on being one. Whitey Marsh: Well, I`m nothin`. Tony Ponessa: Then, you can go right on being nothin`, and nobody cares.

Freddie Fuller: There`s our baseball field... last year one of our players was drafted by the St. Louis Browns. Whitey Marsh: Well, I like the Yankees. Freddie Fuller: You would!

Trivia

The day after Spencer Tracy won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in this film, an MGM publicist released a statement--without consulting Tracy first--that the actor would donate his Oscar to the real Boys Town in Nebraska. Tracy agreed to make the donation if the Academy would send him a replacement Oscar. When the replacement arrived, the engraving on the award read: "Best Actor - Dick Tracy."

The famous line, "He ain`t heavy, he`s my brother" comes from this film.

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