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Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Archie Mayo
Writing:
- Myles Connolly
- Eliot Gibbons
Stars:
Release Date: 1938-09-22
1.0/10
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- Country: GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 77
Jim
Mr. Judd
Duke
Girl on Beach
Bum
Businessman
Maid
First Communist
Frank Munson
Second Communist
Joe Meadows
Madge
Tad
Slim
Switchboard Operator
Salesman
Bum
Dunham's Butler
Helen Brown
Jean
Mrs. Merrivale
Dunham
Captain Walters
George
Mrs. Aspitt
Tugboat Captain
Railroad Conductor
Businessman
Switchboard Operator
Girl
Slim
Boy
Sailor
Switchboard Operator
Minor Role
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