Youth Takes a Fling

Archie Mayo
1938-09-22

A PICTURE FOR THE YOUNG...OF ALL AGES!
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77 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joel McCrea Joe Meadows Unowned
Andrea Leeds Helen Brown Unowned
Frank Jenks Frank Munson Unowned
Dorothea Kent Jean Unowned
Isabel Jeans Mrs. Merrivale Unowned
Virginia Grey Madge Unowned
Grant Mitchell Duke Unowned
Henry Mollison Dunham Unowned
Brandon Tynan Tad Unowned
Oscar O'Shea Captain Walters Unowned
Granville Bates Mr. Judd Unowned
Roger Davis Floorwalker Unowned
Marion Martin Girl on Beach Unowned
Olaf Hytten Dunham's Butler Unowned
Willie Best George Unowned
Catherine Proctor Mrs. Aspitt Unowned
Yvonne Boisseau Miss Beaton Unowned
Arthur Housman First Communist Unowned
John Sheehan Second Communist Unowned
Chester Clute Salesman Unowned
Wade Boteler Tugboat Captain Unowned
Tom Dugan Bum Unowned
Eddie Acuff Bum Unowned
Pat West Watchman Unowned
Edwin August Railroad Conductor Unowned
Joyce Bryant Switchboard Operator Unowned
Nick Copeland Minor Role Unowned
Neal Dodd Minister Unowned
Edward Earle Businessman Unowned
Mary Field Maid Unowned
Jennifer Gray Switchboard Operator Unowned
Evie Wynn Johnson Switchboard Operator Unowned
Marjorie Kane Switchboard Operator Unowned
Helen Lynd Girl Unowned
Kathryn Marlowe Switchboard Operator Unowned
George Offerman, Jr. Slim Unowned
Marion Pierce Switchboard Operator Unowned
Edward Ryan Boy Unowned
Charles Sullivan Sailor Unowned
Frank Sully Jim Unowned
Emmett Vogan Businessman Unowned
Beryl Wallace Switchboard Operator Unowned
Solly Ward Minor Role Unowned
Anne Wigton Switchboard Operator Unowned