Boy Friend
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Cast & Crew
James Tinling
Jane Withers
Arleen Whelan
George Ernest
Richard Bond
Douglas Fowley
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At a police school, instructor Fields teaches a group of rookie policemen how to frisk a suspect. Captain Duffy enters the classroom and gives the rookies a hypothetical problem. None of the rookies knows the answer, including Jimmy Murphy. However, his younger sister Sally, who is peeking in the window, does, as it is the same problem Duffy has used in class for five years. After class, Jimmy calls gangster Ed Boyd, telling him that he is ready to quit the police and join his gang. Sally brings the rookies, who all board at her mother's house, their lunch as Tommy Bradley receives a letter from his younger brother Billy, currently in military school, stating that he is arriving that day for a visit. Sally and Greenberg, another rookie, steal Duffy's patrol car to pick up Billy at the station. After dinner that night, Tommy, Sally and Billy decide to go for ice cream when Tommy spies a robbery in progress at Sherman Brothers Fur Company. When Tommy interrupts the burglars, who include Jimmy, he is shot and killed. Jimmy returns home that night, angrily announcing that he is quitting the police school, and becomes the manager of the Golden Parrot Club, which is run by Boyd. Actually, Jimmy is working undercover for Duffy, but the rookies think he has gone bad. Sally and Billy decide to solve Tommy's murder themselves. Sneaking into the Golden Parrot Club on Halloween, Sally entertains the customers while Billy inspects the basement, where he finds the stolen furs in the wine cellar. By the time the rookies inspect their claim, however, the furs have been removed. Later, Jimmy calls Duffy, telling him where the next robbery will be. Sue, Duffy's daughter and Jimmy's sweetheart, overhears and goes to the club to warn Jimmy. Boyd and his henchmen listen in on their conversation and realize that Jimmy is an undercover policeman who has fallen into their trap. Sally and Billy, just outside the club, hear the real robbery plan, but no one will believe them. When the robbers never arrive at Jimmy's stated location, Duffy realizes that the real robbery is at the Garrison Company, so he, Sally, Billy and the rookies go there, and become involved in a car chase with Boyd and his gang. Just as the gang is about to pull over and shoot it out with the police, Jimmy grabs the steering wheel, crashing the car. The gang is captured and Jimmy is congratulated by all on a job well done. At the train station, Billy bids fond farewell to Sally, promising to come back for Christmas. As he leaves, Sally sighs and says, "Gee, I sure wish this was Christmas."
Director
James Tinling
Cast
Jane Withers
Arleen Whelan
George Ernest
Richard Bond
Douglas Fowley
Warren Hymer
Robert Kellard
Minor Watson
Robert Shaw
Ted Pearson
William H. Conselman Jr.
Myra Marsh
Harold Goodwin
David Newell
Syd Saylor
Eugene Jackson
Russ Clark
Robert Dalton
Ole Olsen
Lillian Yarbo
Ralph Dunn
Eddie Dunn
Lee Shumway
Fred Kelsey
John Bleifer
James Aubrey
Ed Gargan
Ed Payson
Roy Miller
Tom O'grady
Arno Frey
Emmett Vogan
Iva Stewart
Douglas Gerrard
Frank Moran
Helen Ericson
Gloria Roy
Heinie Conklin
Crew
Harry Akst
William H. Anderson
Lucien Andriot
Otto Brower
Nicholas Castle
Sidney Clare
Norman Colbert
Gordon Cooper
George P. Costello
Richard Day
Haldane Douglas
Joseph Hoffman
Samuel Kaylin
Thomas Little
Louis Moore
Helen A. Myron
Geneva Sawyer
John Stone
Barry Trivers
Lester Ziffren
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This picture was originally titled Police School. According to Hollywood Reporter, Otto Brower was brought in to direct re-takes as the story was rebuilt to emphasize the teen-age aspect of the story.
